U.S. Composting Council thanks the following companies for generously committing to support International Compost Awareness Week, May 6-12, 2013.
ICAW sponsors help plant educational seeds that increase public awareness of our industry and its pivotal role in growing a sustainable environment.
Help us promote the ICAW 2013 theme – Compost: Nature’s Way to Grow! To become a sponsor, contact Leanne Spaulding at leannespaulding@compostingcouncil.org.
| A1 Organics | X | A1 Organics, with Corporate Offices in the beautiful state of Colorado, has been in the organic recycling business since 1974. In 2006, A1 Organics realized an urgent need for organic recycling services in the State of Nevada, and subsequently opened A1 Organics Nevada in Las Vegas. Some four years later, A1 Nevada is now providing recycling services for many top name casinos, restaurants and other businesses throughout the Las Vegas area in the form of greenwaste and foodwasterecycling. In turn, A1 Organics offers many fine high end products created from the various waste materials brought into our site. |
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| BioBag | X | BioBag is the world’s largest brand of certified compostable bags and films. Our bags assist communities, businesses and residents with the collection of food and lawn waste for composting. We have worked with numerous haulers, composters, and government agencies to start, promote and maintain composting programs. BioBag products meet ASTM D6400 specifications. We have specials discounts for communities starting composting pilots! |
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| BioCycle | X | BioCycle, advancing composting, organics recycling and renewable energy, is considered the information and communications center for turning organic residuals into resources. BioCycle showcases projects, equipment and systems that utilize organics to maximum advantage. |
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| Composting News | X | Composting News is a monthly newsletter featuring the latest news in the composting, wood recycling and organics management industry. |
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| Filtrexx International LLC | X | Filtrexx International LLC is a proven green technology that can be used in over 100 applications. We use locally made, annually renewable, biobased, recycled compost and other organic materials, contained by our USA manufactured mesh containment system to create patented products used around the world. This all-natural Filtrexx system is currently in 9 countries, every US State and Province in Canada, and available to you via direct purchase on the web. |
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| The City of Los Angeles | X | The Solid Resources Processing and Construction Division supports the mission of the City’s Bureau of Sanitation to protect public health and the environment through the efficient operation of green waste processing facilities, one transfer station and the beneficial use of 5 former landfills. |
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| MSW Management | X | MSW Management reaches over 26,000 solid waste industry professionals every issue. We also publish Erosion Control, Stormwater and Grading & Excavation Contractor magazines. Forester Media has been working to build the market for compost producers since 1990. |
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| MWV | X | MWV is a global packaging company. We help shape consumers’ experiences with products in healthcare, beauty and personal care, food, beverage, tobacco, and home and garden markets around the world. We’ve been pioneers in the industry for more than 150 years. Our market insights, innovative solutions and packaging expertise make us a partner of choice for customers who want to grow their business – and our impact reaches from the store shelf to the kitchen pantry and everywhere in between. We are powered by employees around the world. We’re everywhere our customers are – operating facilities in 30 countries and marketing our products on every continent. And no matter where we’re doing business, we do things the right way – with a focus on integrity, sustainability, and the communities in which we live and work. |
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| NatureWorks LLC | X | NatureWorks LLC is an independent company wholly owned by Cargill. Our company is the first to offer a family of commercially available biopolymers derived from 100 percent annually renewable resources with cost and performance that compete with petroleum-based packaging materials and fibers. We apply our unique technology to the processing of natural plant sugars to create the proprietary polylactide polymer marketed under the Ingeo™ brand name. |
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| Recology | X | Recology manages municipal disposal processes and services that span the needs of urban, suburban and rural communities. We are recognized as an industry leader in resource recovery, having established the first and largest curbside yard trimmings and food scraps collection program in the country. |
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| REOTEMP | X | REOTEMP has been manufacturing high quality compost probes for over 20 years! We are dedicated to providing rugged equipment that can withstand the harsh compost environment. Our products include compost thermometers, oxygen probes, moisture meters, digital probes, data loggers, and wireless temperature monitoring systems. |
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| Rubicon Global | X | Rubicon Global is North America’s leading provider of sustainable waste and recycling solutions. We provide comprehensive waste stream solutions that allow companies to reduce operating expenses, implement recycling programs and save money through waste and recycling initiatives. |
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| Soil & Mulch Producer News | X | Soil & Mulch Producer News provides insight into critical issues facing businesses involved in producing and marketing topsoil, mulch and compost material. |
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| St. Louis Composting | X | For two decades, St. Louis Composting has been the St. Louis region’s leading producer of STA-Certified Compost, Mulch Products and Soil Blends. Together, our five facilities process roughly 500,000 cubic yards of green material annually. In addition to recycling yard trimmings gathered by the area’s major waste haulers, we receive and compost material collected from curbside green waste recycling programs and compost roughly 400 tons of food waste as well. At St. Louis Composting, we are Mother Nature’s helpers, turning raw material into compost in as little as three months – without the use of any chemical additives. |
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| Waste Management | X | Waste Management, Inc, is North America’s leading provider of integrated environmental solution. We partner with our customers and communities to manage and reduce waste from collection to disposal while re covering valuable resources and creating clean, renewable energy. |
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| WeCare Organics | X | WeCare Organics, LLC (WCO) is an industry leader for the beneficial-reuse of recyclable organic residuals. Specializing in project development, manufacturing operations, facility management and final product marketing of various residual-based soil amendments. |
