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The Association of Compost Producers (ACP) is a non-profit association of public and private organizations dedicated to increasing the quality, value and amount of compost being used in California. We do this by promoting activities and regulations that build healthy soil, benefiting people and the environment.
ACP members work and invest together to increase compost markets and improve compost product & manufacturing standards. The association provides education & communication on compost benefits & proper use through support of scientific research & legislation aligned with developing and expanding quality compost markets.
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ACP Meetings & Workshops
Please RSVP so we can have an accurate headcount for lunch!.:
Association of Compost Producers Annual Planning Meeting
The Calif. State Chapter of the US Composting Council
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
Includes Hosted Lunch
(Please RSVP with Dan Noble so we can have an accurate head count)
(Inland Empire Utilities Agency: 6075 Kimball Ave., Chino, CA 91710)
909-993-1600 ext. 2409
As always, we will have a speaker phone available to call in during the meeting. Simply call into the main switchboard number above, and ask to be put into the 2409, ACP Meeting Conference call.
If you are a Basic ACP Member (USCC Member from California), or a non-member (to either ACP or USCC), please contact us (via Dan Noble), to be our "guest" to this meeting. For membership, or membership upgrade information, download an explanation and application at: http://www.healthysoil.org/joiningacp.html.
We will Review and Update the Goals from 2011 and set new Goals for 2011
(See "ACP Goals-2011" worksheet, on any edition of ACP Monthly Steps; most recent: http://www.healthysoil.org/acpmarketactions/acpmonthlysteps.html)
We have a lot of good, to great, activities and projects for us to lead the California compost industry in 2012, including, but not limited to:
- Sustainable Landscape Conversion Initiative Project (Grant of $150,000 to ACP, part of a $1,050,000 grant via Prop 86 money from the State Water Board administered)
- Renewable Energy Powered Compost ESP Demonstration Project (Grant of $230,000 to ACP, with Calrecycle & City of Bakersfield, at Community Recycling composting site)
- Expanding Food Scrap Composting Capacity in California (especially So.Cal.)
- ACP Marketing Kit Development (a Supporting Member benefit)
- Membership Upgrades (expansion of total members and especially upgrades from "Basic" to "Supporting" Memberships)
- Regulatory Collaboration to benefit compost industry expansion with:
- Air Districts (and State Board) - ongoing compost industry working group with SCAQMD
- Water Board (with Statewide Order development, and regional Boards on regional issues)
- Calrecycle (Title 14 & 27 revisions, Renewable energy/ESP compost project, etc.)
- State Chapter Compost Use Expansion and Quality Enhancement Activities (ICAW, Compost Operators Training Course, and many others)
Please join us next week to help us prioritize these and other issues that you feel are important for the California Compost industry, as well as help us lead the California Compost Industry expansion and quality enhancement! We hope can join with us to chart the course for your USCC State Chapter in 2012!
ACP 2011 Goals:
(from ACP Statewide Planning Meeting, Feb. 23, 2011)
- Streamline committee structure
- Promote and Participate in USCC Operator’s Training Course (15-30 people) UC Riverside (and possibly Northern California in the Fall?)
- Promote “Compost Best Management Practices Report” from Calrecycle & Dr. David Crohn
- ICAW (International Compost Awareness Week) State Implementation (see “Next Steps”)
- Package and Market Compost Use Index
o Make Tool – “Ziegenbein Friendly”
o Relationship to STA & CUP (Consumer Use Program)
o Relationship to CDFA new compost registration and labeling rules
o Market Tool
- Ag Market Development (connection with ICAW)
o ID hurdles
o Evaluate cost/benefit messages
o ID messages for different audiences
§ Farm Advisors
§ Farmers
- Regulatory Monitoring and Response on:
o AB 856 – CDFA stay abreast and provide input (testing methods)
o PR 1133.1 & PR 1133.3, PR 4566
o LA Water Board – WDR for landfills
o State Water Board – Revised Industrial Discharge Permit (compost/chip & grind?)
o Santa Ana Water Board – “regulated recycling” (metals?)
- Continue Developing “Sustainable Landscape Cluster/Programs/Tools”
o Inventory of Resources – Working together… getting info out there
o Program Development
o Message to regulators
o Fund and Market the Program (Team with Caltrans, Water Agencies and Calrecycle)
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| Other Industry Meeting Announcements |
The USCC’s Annual Conference and Trade Showis the largest composting conference and exhibition for the composting, wood waste and organics recycling industry in North America.
The only national composting conference and exhibition run by and for composting and organics recycling professionals, it is the premier event of the Composting and Organics Recycling industries, providing industry professionals with educational, networking, and career advancement opportunities.
WHEN
January 17-20, 2012
WHERE
Renaissance Hotel, Austin, Texas
WHAT
From January 17 to 20, 2012, the US Composting Council will be hosting the 20th Annual National Composting Conference and Exposition. During this time the Renaissance Hotel in Austin will attract the largest group of composting and organics professionals in the country to participate in a comprehensive program of workshops, training courses and educational and technical sessions designed specifically to provide you with the information you need to solve your composting challenges.
WHY
Looking for the latest information on BMP’s for composting, odor control, marketing, research and evaluation? In need of the latest composting equipment and technologies? The USCC Annual Conference and Trade Show has all the answers you are looking for and much, much more! Through the USCC’s six pre-conference workshops & training seminars and educational sessions presented under six conference tracks you will have the opportunity to attend the most comprehensive composting seminar program available.
WHO
Join hundreds of fellow compost managers, operators, regulators, researchers, government officials, engineers and consultants from throughout the country at the USCC Annual Conference, to engage in a focused, three-day series of workshops, training courses, educational and technical sessions and seminars covering composting and compost marketing practices, new technologies and compost applications, policies, public outreach, program financing, and regulations. An outstanding program is planned with a diversity of sessions offered. Critical issues to be addressed at the conference affect all composters and those affiliated with the industry.
BioCycle Global 2012
International Conference On Composting, Renewable Energy & Organics Recycling
26th Annual BioCycle West Coast Conference 2012
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