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Waste Expo

Conference & Special Events: May 1-4, 2023

Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
New Orleans, LA, USA

Increasing Organics Diversion with Compostable Products

  • Wednesday, May 03, 2023:8:30 AM - 10:15 AM
  • Room: 273
  • Session Number: WORG1

Description

Moderator: Jessica Aldridge, Athens Services
• Will Implementation of Compostables Reduce Contamination and Capture More Food? Stephanie Katsaros, Founder and President, Bright Beat. MI
• Beyond Certification: Getting Items Composted in Practice. Rhodes Yepsen, Executive Director, Biodegradable Products Institute. NY
• Trying to Make Compostable Products Work; How New Policy Efforts are Addressing Single Use Packaging Challenges. Neil S.R. Edgar, Senior Project Manager, Edgar & Associates. CA
• Life Cycle Analysis on Compostable Foodservice Ware. Erin Levine, Resource Recovery Manager and Izabela Suster, Sustainability Analyst, World Centric. CA
• Aerobic and Anaerobic Biodegradability of Biopolymers. Laszlo Aleksza Ph.D., Researcher, Szent István University, and CEO, ProfiKomp Inc. Hungary
Speaker
Erin Levine
Resource Recovery Manager
World Centric
Speaker
Izabela Suster
Sustainability Analyst
World Centric
Moderator
Jessica Aldridge www.AthensServices.com
Director of Sustainability and Zero Waste Programs
Athens Services
Speaker
László Aleksza PhD
CEO
ProfiKomp Környezettechnika Zrt., L., and Zsuzsanna Üveges, Szent István University
Speaker
Neil Edgar
Senior Project Manager / Executive Director & Co-founder
Edgar & Associates / California Compost Coalition
Speaker
Rhodes Yepsen
Executive Director
Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI)
Speaker
Stephanie Katsaros
Founder & President
Bright Beat