Waste & Composting

The Waste group is focused on getting waste viewed as a resource.  One project is the largely personal one at Spence's Farm, getting permitted and building a compost facility that is planned to be a viable business venture, collecting materials from restaurants too small for the Orange County pickup that goes to the Brooks composting facility. The group will help with the outreach to restaurants, small businesses, etc. 

Another project is the introduction or extension of waste reduction practices in faith communities.  St. Thomas More Church and School have done a very good job of recycling and other waste reduction and are serving as a prototype and starting point for discussions.  We have created a pamphlet to use for discussion and St. Thomas More has worked with Waste Reduction Partners (WRP) to audit the STM waste streams from church and school. 

Contact for this group is Bob Weickert.

Opt Out of Yellow Pages!

Submitted by srobertson on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 16:47
Here's a website where you can ask not to receive the various yellow pages that are distributed in your area:

Minutes from the October 25th meeting

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/25/2010 - 00:00
Present: Hank, Judith, Bob, Liane, Debbie Nichols, Kathy Buck
 
We are no longer meeting on third Tuesdays because there are too many conflicts. We’ll just set up the next meeting each time we meet, as an agenda item.
 
Liane will ask Spence how things are going with the composting facility project.
 
Hank investigated the waste to energy issue in Orange County. A long report was written by county officials in August 2008.

Minutes from the September 21st meeting

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/21/2010 - 00:00

Present: Judith Ferster, Bob Weickert, Blair Pollock, Liane Salgado, May
Becker, John Boren

The waste/composting group had a short business meeting before the longer
meeting planning for the composting facility at Spence’s Farm, when Spence
Dickinson and Tim Peck joined us.

Blair Pollock, solid waste planner from Orange County Solid Waste
Management, was a guest at both meetings.

We need one more person to volunteer to help cover the

Minutes of first meeting

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 00:00

Minutes from our first meeting

SC EX Comm meeting with TCCH – Waste team:  August 24, 2010

Attending:

  • Hank Rodenburg –
  • Liane Salgado –
  • Bob Weickert –
  • May Becker –
  • Judith Ferster –
  • Melissa McCullough –

Attending this Ex Comm meeting were TCCH attendees interested in Waste issues.  The group went around the table to brainstorm actionable ideas.

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