Location: Granite State Conference Room at the NHDOT (room 114)  

Join the Northeast Resource Recovery Association (NRRA), the NH Department of Environmental Services, and Mark King of the Maine Compost School for a series of workshops on food waste diversion and composting on April 16th and 17th. REGISTRATION CLOSED.

With support from a USDA Rural Utilities Service grant, NRRA has teamed up to bring a series of workshops focused on food waste diversion this spring.

Even better, this workshop series is FREE! Workshops will address everything from the basics of food waste and food waste diversion to specifics on how to implement a food waste diversion program within your community, including outreach and community education.

April 16 & 17, 2024 

Morning sessions run from 9am to Noon, with registration starting at 8:30am.
Afternoon sessions run from 1pm to 4pm, with registration starting at 12:30pm.

Location: 7 Hazen Drive B15, Concord, NH
(Room 114, the Granite State Conference Room at the Department of Transportation) 

WHO this is for: 

We encourage facility or organization decisionmakers to attend these workshops, along with their operators (if the decisionmaker is not an operator) so lessons learned can turn into local action more quickly and easily.

Because of space restraints, attendance is limited to two representatives per organization or facility. Additional registrants will be put on a waitlist and then notified on April 9th whether they will be able to attend or not. 

Each workshop earns at least 2.5 NHDES credit hours. 

About the Workshops:

Workshop 1:  What’s the Big Deal About Food Waste? 

Day 1: This 3-hour workshop is designed for solid waste operators who work at permitted solid waste facilities (transfer stations, landfills, scrap metal, compost, other process or treatment facilities); community members looking to learn about waste diversion; and municipal officials wishing to understand how their waste can affect the bottom line in the town. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of the Waste Management Hierarchy and how food waste diversion can be a better option for their community.

Workshop 2:  Composting Basics: Don’t Oversimplify It 

Day 1: This 3-hour workshop is designed for solid waste operators who work at permitted solid waste facilities in NH. Attending operators may or may not be interested in introducing compost at their facilities, but want to know the basics. Attendees will leave with the knowledge that while composting is completely doable, it does come with some skill, finesse, and understanding of your feedstocks. 

Workshop 3:  Implementing Food Waste Diversion Activities at Your Facility 

Day 2: This 3-hour workshop is designed for solid waste facility operators, owners, and managers who work at permitted solid waste facilities in NH. This workshop includes both instruction and an expert panel. Attending operators are interested in introducing food waste diversion at their facilities and need to know beyond the basics. Attendees will leave with the knowledge of how to site a compost pile at their facility or bring a food waste diversion program to their community.

Workshop 4:  Education, Outreach, and Grabbing the Public’s Attention*

Day 2: This 3-hour worksession is for solid waste facility operators, owners, and managers who work at permitted solid waste facilities in NH AND their community partners, leaders, and decisionmakers who are interested in introducing a composting program to their community (come in pairs!) Attendees will leave with the knowledge of how to set up an effective outreach program promoting food waste diversion. 

*PREREQUISITE: ATTENDANCE OF WORKSHOP 3 REQUIRED for Workshop 4. If an operator is joined by their community partner, at least one person in the pair must have attended Workshop 3. In extremely limited cases, an attendee may request a prerequisite waiver by emailing afolsom@nrrarecycles.org.