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10/13/2020 - 10/13/2020
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Agenda

12:00 pm Welcome and Introductions
Perspectives on COVID-19 and Biosolids
Albert Cox, PhD, MWRDGC

12:05 pm The IFSC; Our Work and Impact in Statewide Food Scrap Diversion and Composting.”
Mary Allen – Recycling and Education Director at Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC).

12:15 pm Compost Uses and Benefits
Speaker: Vytas Pabedinskas – Save Our Soil Composting Solutions

12:25 pm Illinois Composting Infrastructure and Markets; Food Scraps and General Organics Recycling in Illinois
Charlie Murphy – Owner, Midwest Compost

12:35 pm The Impact of COVID-19 on Commercial Composting
Rick Shipley – CEO, Organix Recycling, LLC

12:45 pm The COVID-19 Effect: Food Deserts, Urban Gardening and Composting Reform for Cook County
Victoria Young-Wilson, President and CEO, Naturally Urban Environmental Inc.

12:55 pm Question and Answer

Attendees can earn one Professional Development Hours (PDH) or one Training Credit Hour IEPA Course#15404

Registration is $15 for Members, $30 for Non-Members & Free for Student Members of IWEA

ZOOM Webinar sign-in information will be forwarded by separate email on October 12, 2020.