Empowering Communities to Compost
About the event
Discover how community drop-offs can make food waste composting accessible to everyone, particularly in disadvantaged communities. In this webinar, Domingo Morales, Founder of Compost Power, will share his experience developing nine NYC compost sites and overcoming barriers in Public Authority Housing, proving that food waste recycling can thrive even in environments where it was previously deemed impossible.
While organics make up 25% of waste tonnage and 50% of greenhouse gas emissions, only 12% of US households have access to food waste services.
Domingo will explore how drop-off stations serve as a low risk, low entry cost solution to food waste composting, allowing access to more households, which can then be scaled over time.
Find out how these stations lay groundwork for curbside collection, educate residents boosting participation and help to build sustainable infrastructure. This session is perfect for municipalities, housing authorities, nonprofit organizations, and anyone planning or managing organic waste programs. Join us for actionable insights and expert-led discussions; a chance to connect with like-minded professionals working to reduce waste and empower communities.
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About the Panelists
Domingo Morales
Founder and CEO, Compost Power
LinkedIN: Domingo Morales
Compost Power aim to build out community compost sites across NYC with an emphasis on ‘Underserved and marginalized’ communities.
With nine compost sites throughout NYC, their mission to educate communities and provide residents with access to waste equity, sustainable education, and job training
Tim Steckel
Founder, Compost Marketing Agency
LinkedIn: Tim Steckel
Compost Marketing Agency want composting to be the default option for residential, commercial and farming organic waste streams.
Tim works with the full bandwidth of stakeholders in the organics recycling industry and regularly publishes content to #makecompostmainstream
Nigel Deacon
Founder, metroSTOR Inc.
LinkedIn: Nigel Deacon
The metroSTOR team have been developing recycling infrastructure solutions for over a decade, helping municipalities and communities increase waste diversion with robust cart and dumpster enclosures that embrace established behaviour change principles – clear communication and user-friendly operation.
Nigel will share insights on how this approach can encourage resident participation in community organics drop-off programmes in a cost-effective way, while also protecting against contamination.