Composting Council of Canada

The Composting Council of Canada is a national non-profit, member-driven organization with a charter to advocate and advance composting and compost usage. It serves as the central resource and network for the composting industry in Canada and, through its members, contributes to the environmental sustainability of the communities in which they operate.

19th Annual National Compost Conference 2009
September 30th – October 2nd
Vancouver, British Columbia

Don’t miss a chance to attend our 19th Annual National Compost Conference September 30th – October 2nd in beautiful Vancouver, BC! The Hyatt Regency Vancouver, located in the heart of the city, will be our conference headquarters with tours being planned to many of the composting heartbeats throughout the province, as part of the main conference as well as bonus day tours. The sponsorship package and exhibit package, as well as registration form are currently available. We also have a jam-packed agenda of speaker sessions, which is available now!

Here is a list of other hotels within walking distance of the Hyatt in Vancouver that have offered us competitive rates for a block of their rooms.

    Registration Form
    Sponsorship Package
    Exhibit Package
    Agenda

Our Sponsors

2009 WORC
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
DECEMBER 9-10, 2009
Bellevue, Washington USA

Make sure to register for the 2009 Annual Conference, it is getting closer
so if you are booking hotel reservations, contact the hotel directly
call 425-945-3309 and speak to Carrie Zimmerman or go online to www.sheraton.com/bellevue. Attached is the registration form.
Details are included on the website under Annual Conference
section of our website http://www.compostwashington.org

Download the registration (.pdf)

Municipality of Jasper
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP):
Organics Processing Facility - Technology and Site Selection Review

Download (.pdf)

Special Announcement!

Plant a Row • Grow a Row JUNIOR!

Seeking Volunteers for Kids Vegetable Gardening Video Series!

Calling all boys and girls between
6 to 13 years old in Ontario!

Do you want to have fun in the garden and learn to grow your own vegetables?

Do you like music, arts & craft and film?

We are looking for kids to be a part of a series of fun and exciting videos – an educational component of Plant a Row • Grow a Row JUNIOR! that teaches kids about vegetable gardening, and celebrates harvest sharing with the community.

The videos will feature kids exploring a range of vegetable gardening themes and activities such as farm visits, vegetable planting, music videos, garden arts & crafts and many more!

For more information, please contact:
May or Fanny at 1-877-571-GROW 4769)
or email us at info@growarow.org

Visit at
www.growarow.org

Due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to confirm receipt of submissions over the phone or through the mail, nor can we provide the status of applicants except to those who are selected for an interview.

Landfill and Composting Facility Operator Certification

The Municipal Waste Management Facility Operator Certification program is being revised in conjunction with the updates to Alberta Environment's waste regulatory framework. The revised program involves a partnership with industry associations. The Northern Lights Chapter of the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA-NLC) and the Compost Council of Canada (CCC) will be the certifying partners representing the landfill industry and composting industry, respectively. The certifying partners will take on the role of providing training programs, administering exams, and certificate issuance. The consolidation of the certification components will greatly enhance program delivery. Both organizations currently have training programs in place, and have membership subscriptions from throughout Alberta and nationwide.

The new certification program is renamed the "Alberta Landfill and Composting Facility Operator Certification Program". The Solid Waste Certification Advisory Committee (SWCAC), chaired by Alberta Environment, will continue to set the standard for the program by making recommendations on program requirements, exam bank updates, auditing certifying partner programs, and other matters that are integral to the certification program.

The certifying partners will start to accept applications for certification in January 2010. The proposed implementation date for the new program is September 1, 2011. The guideline is available at: http://environment.alberta.ca/844.html Consultation will be open for comments from July 1st until September 30, 2009.

All comments should be forwarded by email, fax or mail to :

Donna Chaw, Ph.D. , Waste Policy Advisor
Climate Change, Air, and Land Policy Branch
Alberta Environment
10th Floor Oxbridge Place, 9820-106 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 2J6
fax: (780) 422-4192
donna.chaw@gov.ab.ca

For more information visit the AENV website http://environment.alberta.ca/844.html and you can download the (.pdf).

Alberta Landfill and Composting Facility Operator Certification Guideline (.pdf)

Proceedings from our recent
Ontario Winter Regional Workshop

A list of the proceedings (.pdf) from our Ontario Winter Regional Workshop.

March 9-10: London, Ontario: AD Basics, A Crolla, U Guelph; Agri-Energy Producers’ Association of Ontario; Barriers to the Development of the Biogas Industry; Beef Mortality Composting, M MacAlpine U Guelph; Biogas 101; CCC_Tuesday-Biogas_March09; CHFour_GTM Feasibility1; CHFour_GTM Lessons1; Digestcomp Inc, JC Corbeil; Dufferin Organics Facility, D Beattie; Electrical Interconnection Approval, M Lensink, CEM Eng; Energy Yield of Feedstocks, D Carruthers, ORMI; Grid Connections 101, N Foss; Know Your Labelling, CCC; Markets, P Secord Miller; Odour Assessment, J Ahluwahlia Environ; Odour Mgmt, B Mullin BIOREM; Odour Session Question; Planning, Regs and Env Compliance, D Hilborn OMAFRA; Power Purchase and Grid Connection, A Foss; Terryland Farms presentation, G Heinzle