2024 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit
June 11-13, 2024 | Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Convention Center
Nora Goldstein
Editor/Publisher
BioCycle CONNECT® and BioCycle.net
Bio:
Nora Goldstein is Editor/Publisher of BioCycle CONNECT® and BioCycle.net, the Organics Recycling Authority. Nora is in her 5th decade of working at BioCycle. She received the US Composting Council’s Hi Kellogg Award for Outstanding Service to the Composting Industry, and the American Biogas Council’s Biogas Visionary Award. Nora serves on the Board of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and on the ReFED Advisory Council
Schedule
Thursday, June 13
10:30am - 11:30am
Digging Deeper: Bridging Infrastructural Needs, Collaboration, and Community Initiatives for Sustainable Food Waste Solutions
Breakout Session 3
How can we achieve circularity with our food and food scraps? Nearly 70% of surplus food is wasted, but composting offers a vital solution. Explore the economic opportunities of composting, including cost savings and job creation. We'll analyze policy frameworks and the power of cross-sector collaboration for systemic change. You’ll discover innovations in food waste tracking and composting technologies and learn about the role of community engagement in driving sustainability. Together we’ll dig into the value of composting and bring to the surface the infrastructure needs that will advance these efforts.