How to Get Your Community Composting in Illinois

How to Get Your Community Composting in Illinois will raise awareness of municipal composting and the value of community engagement.

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What you will learn

• Food waste reduction and composting food scraps help solve the climate crisis
• Food scrap composting programs in Illinois: Which best fits your community?
• Composting in the time of COVID-19
• Engaging your municipality: Priorities for municipal hauler contracts
• Engaging residents: Illinois snapshots of successful advocacy efforts

Moderator

Jennifer Nelson – Senior Program Manager, Seven Generations Ahead, Board Member of Illinois Food Scrap Coalition, Co-Facilitator of Wasted Food Action Alliance

Featured Speakers

Jordan Francisco – Greenest Region Corp Emeritus, Member of Wasted Food Action Alliance, CEO of The Learning Botanist

Cynthia Kanner – Executive Director, Environmental Defenders of McHenry County

Simrata (Seema) Keshav – Founder, GoGreen Vernon Hills/Lincolnshire

Merleanne Rampale – Public Information Officer and Education Director SWALCO , Member of Illinois Food Scrap Coalition