September 17

Compost ... Recycle Your Organics!
18th Annual National Composting Conference
September 17-19, 2008
Château Mont-Sainte-Anne, Beaupré QC
Tuesday September 16th
A BONUS DAY- separate registration required
Catch our bus at 10:00AM at Montreal’s Dorval (Pierre Elliott
Trudeau) Airport for a tour of Conporec’s composting facility in
Sorel-Tracy. There will also be further tours along the way as the
bus travels to Beaupré, our conference venue.
Wednesday September 17th
TOUR DAY!
Buses will leave from Château Mont-Sainte-Anne at 9:00AM.
Join us for a great day of tours of several of Québec’s composting operations!
Also included will be a tour of the CRIQ: Centre de recherche industrielle du
Québec laboratories, home to the BNQ: Bureau de normalisation du Québec.
Tour of Conporec Plant
11:00AM
In operation since 1993, the 35,000 tonne facility serves the waste
diversion needs of the Bas-Richelieu Regional County Municipality
for both organics as well as recyclables. The enclosed processing
building manages both mixed solid waste and source-separated
organics. It includes a rotating bioreactor, sorting lines and
enclosed composting bays, enabling the facility to achieve, on
average, over 70% diversion annually.
Enviroval inc.
Enviroval inc. has been composting approximately 30,000 tonnes of yard waste,
IC&I and household residuals and animal manures annually for the past 4 years.
The feedstocks come from across the province, but mostly from the greater City
of Québec region.
www.compost.org
Bienvenue and Welcome to Québec
Reception at 7:00PM+
Meet your composting colleagues at the top of the mountain for networking,
cocktails and the official start of our conference.
Sponsored by: All Treat Farms
CRIQ Laboratories
The environmental department of CRIQ has managed research and development
projects in the composting field for several years. During the tour, research
laboratory facilities and field trials for pilot projects will be presented. The CRIQ
Lunch!
12:30PM will also discuss current research that is being conducted in anaerobic digestion,
air and water treatment.
Followed by additional tours along the way to Québec City.
GSI – Saint-Henri-de-Lévis facility
The bus will arrive at our conference venue at approximately
Pulp and paper as well as agri-food industry residuals along with source5:00PM
separated residential organics and manures are composted at the GSI facility,
one of the oldest large-scale composting facilities in Canada. A variety of
compost products have been developed and are sold in both bag and bulk format
to the horticultural, agricultural, landscaping and retail gardening industries.
Thursday September 18th
Opening Plenary
Compost Matters in Québec
Representative from the Québec Ministry of
Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks
Making the Most of Compost
Larry Hodgson, Gardening Author
& Photographer
Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
Concurrent Sessions
I.
8:30 - 10:00AM
Program Implementation - from Backyard
Composting to Curbside Collection: Part I
Best Practices for Composting of Source-Separated Organics
Carl Genois, Conporec inc.
Keeping our Island Green through Organic Residuals Recovery and
Composting
Heather Myers, Island Waste Management Corporation
A Case for Backyard Composting and Curbside Organics Collections:
The City of Québec programs
Lili Michaud, City of Québec – Backyard Composting Program
Manon Morin, City of Québec and Françoise Forcier, Solinov
10:00 - 10:30AM
10:30AM – 12:30PM
II.
The Evolution of Odour Control and Air Quality Management
Process and Operational Adjustments to Enhance Odour Control
Larry Conrad, Region of Peel and Lambert Otten, University of Guelph
Meeting a Limit of 1 Odour Unit at the Property Line – A Case Study
Derek Webb, Biorem
Advances in the Development of an Odour Control Management Program
Yann-Henri Contratto & Thierry Pagé, Odotech
Air Quality Control Regulations for Composting Facilities in California
Julia Lester, ENVIRON International Corporation
Odour Management Case Studies from the South of France
John Nicholson, Business Columnist, Solid Waste & Recycling
Implementation of the Green Cart Program for the Region of Halton
Tara Alkhalisi, Jacques Whitford
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
12:30 – 1:30PM
Concurrent Sessions
1:30 - 3:00PM
I.
Greenhouse Gas Protocol and Studies
Compost Happenings in Europe --Past, Present and Future Trends
Enzo Favoino, ISWA:
International Solid Waste Association – Italia
The Development of a GHG Protocol for the Canadian Composting
Industry – A Primer & Update from The Composting Council of Canada
Allan Yee, City of Edmonton
II.
The Business of Biosolids Composting
Amendments to the National Biosolids Standard
Marc Hébert, Québec Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment
and Parks
Optimizing On-Site Farm Composting to Reduce GHG Emissions
Serge Poulin, MAPAQ, ITA campus de La Pocatière
The Development of an Operational Plan for Biosolids Composting
Conrad Allain, Greater Moncton Sewerage Commission
Identification and Quantification of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Projects
François Roberge, Enviro-Accès
Biosolids Composting in Québec
Lynn Lagacé, GSI Environnement
Trace Metal Mass Transfer During Thermophilic Composting
Shouhai Yu, University of Alberta
Thursday September 18th
Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
Concurrent Sessions
I.
Program Implementation – from Backyard Composting
to Curbside Collection: Part II
Backyard Composting as a Strategy for Municipal Solid Waste
Management - A Fredericton, New Brunswick Case Study
Debby Peck, Fredericton Backyard Composters
On-Site Composting Programs – Reflecting on 10 Years of Experience
Michael Bryan-Brown, Green Mountain Technologies
Curbside Organics Collection & Large-Scale Composting in Hamilton
Joel McCormick, City of Hamilton
Implementing Composting Programs in the Neighbourhood:
Insights from the Experience of 3000+ Communities
Doug Hill, Norseman Plastics
Composting Pilot Project at the MRC du Rocher-Percé
Nathalie Drapeau, MRC du Rocher-Percé and Marie-Hélène Gravel,
Solinov
(continued)
3:00 – 3:30PM
3:30 – 5:30PM
II.
Organic Residuals Management in Agriculture
Processing Abbattoir Wastes – A Pilot Project
Yves Bernard, Centre de recherche industrielle du Québec
City Meets Country – Co-Composting on the Farm
Serge Poulin, MAPAQ, ITA campus de La Pocatière
Turning Agri-Food Residuals into a Value-Added Product
Elaine Boutin, INRS-ETE
Composting Animal Mortalities on the Farm: From Problem to
Opportunity
Shawn Compton, The Puratone Corporation
The Use of Compost to Increase Soil Structure
Adrien N’Dayegamiye, Institut de recherche et de développement
agroenvironnement
Thursday Evening Dinner – Meet in the lobby at 6pm and we’ll
be taking you away for an evening where you’ll find yet another
reason to fall in love with Québec. The evening venue will require
advance registration. So please make sure that you let us know
of your intent to attend.
Utilizing a Rotating Composter for Food Waste: Optimizing Capacity
Carrie Rosevear and Suzelle Barrington, Éco-Quartier Jeanne
Mance/Mile-End
Friday September 19th
Concurrent Sessions
I.
Compost! It’s All About Markets
II.
Anaerobic Digestion Initiatives
Anaerobic Digestion and Composting of Organic Residuals in MRC
Rivière-du-Loup
Geneviève Potvin, MRC de Rivière-du-Loup et Michel Laforest,
Envirogaz, Portneuf
Why Compost Marketing Programs Fail
Ron Alexander, Alexander Associates Inc
From Product Concept to Patent to Market
Don Carr, Bio Balance
Using Compost to Manage Ever-Scarcer Water Resources
Ron Alexander, Alexander Associates Inc.
Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
Concurrent Sessions
I.
9:00 – 10:30AM
Supporting the Business of Organics Recovery & Composting
Dairy Farm Residuals: A Case Study in Ravenna, Michigan
Sarah Lineberry, Reynolds, Inc. And Entec Biogas USA
10:30 – 11:00AM
11:00AM – 12:30PM
II.
Setting the Standard
Procurement and Operational Considerations for Successful Composting
Peter Robinson, HotRot Exports Ltd.
Updates about three important regulatory and industry-led initiatives
of impact to the Organic Residuals Recovery and Compost Industry.
Tendering and RFP Pitfalls to Avoid
Denis Chamberland, Aird Berlis
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Harnessing the Energy of Organic Residuals
Doug Carruthers, Organic Resource Management
Regulating and Certifying the word, Organic
Compostable Plastic Standards and Certification
Compost Quality Alliance (CQA)
12:30 – 1:00PM
Board our bus where you’ll enjoy lunch as we head to Québec City for our final sessions in the afternoon
(time to bring your luggage as well if you are not planning to stay at the Château Mont-Ste-Anne for the weekend).
Closing Plenary Session at Espace 400e
2:00-3:30PM
National Panel of Organic Residuals/Compost Representatives who will focus on
Regional Compost Initiatives and Developments across Canada
Annual General Meeting of The Composting Council of Canada
3:30-4:30PM
Meeting of The Council’s National Board of Directors
4:30-6:30PM
The Composting Council of Canada would like to gratefully acknowledge the additional sponsorship
commitment received from the following organizations for our conference to-date:
ALLU Group
The Clorox Company of Canada
Loblaw Companies Limited/George Weston Limited
Miller Composting
W. Ralston (Canada) Inc.
Conporec inc.
Recyc-Québec
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2008
18th Annual National Composting Conference
September 17-19, 2008
Château Mont-Sainte-Anne, Beaupré, Québec
The concentrated focus on organic residuals management can exponentially change our world for
the better. Whether in the backyard, on-site or through large-scale operations, compost holds
essential solutions for environmental and economic sustainability. The 18th Annual National
Compost Conference offers great opportunities to learn from the best-of-the-best organic
residuals recovery and compost knowledge base while enhancing your networks and industry
contacts across Canada.
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Registration Fees (Please mark appropriate section.)
CCC Member
Potential CCC Member
Prior to August 8, 2008
$560 incl. taxes
$615 incl. taxes
After August 8, 2008
$645 incl. taxes
$675 incl. taxes
Tour Day Rate
$57 incl. taxes
$85 incl. taxes
Conference Day Rate (please indicate which day)
Sept. 18
Sept. 19
$295 incl. taxes
$370 incl. taxes
Speaker Rate*
$255 incl. taxes
$255 incl. taxes
Yes, I plan to attend the conference dinner event, Thursday September 18th!
Special Bonus Day!
Tuesday September 16th
$80 incl. taxes
$115 incl. taxes
*Speakers who plan to attend the conference only on the day of their presentation do not need to pay
registration fees. The Speaker Rate above applies to speakers who will be attending the full conference.
GST Registration #R136167533
Accommodations:
Our conference venue, the Château Mont-Sainte-Anne, is offering special delegate rates starting at
$124/night (plus applicable taxes and gratuities). Please be sure to state you are with The Composting
Council of Canada’s conference when booking your room. For reservations, call 1-800-463-4467 or
(418) 827-5211.