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May 2024
ICAW WEEK! Closing the Loop on Compostable Packaging- Virtual
Closing the Loop on Compostable Packaging, 5/6, 12-1pm. Join NCCC for a compost conversation with three expert panelists: Elly Ventura, regional rep at World Centric, Caroline Barry, research analyst for The Composting Consortium/Closed Loop Partners, and Billy Crocker, facility manager, Bee’s Ferry Composting Facility in South Carolina. Learn firsthand about production and certification of compostable packaging, a new contamination study released by the Composting Consortium, and some of the methods helpful to facilities that accept post-consumer products, while still maintaining…
Find out more »ICAW WEEK! NCCC’s Virtual Town Hall YouTube Premier
NCCC's Virtual Town Hall YouTube Premier, 5/7, 12pm NCCC will release a recording of its first ever Virtual Town Hall where Compost Industry leaders from across North Carolina shared their stories in a powerful presentation to NC Legislators and staff on April 17th, 2024. Registrants will be emailed a link to the YouTube Town Hall Premier on May 7th. The goal of the NCCC’s lobbying efforts are to build relationships and foster understanding with the NCGA of the many benefits…
Find out more »ICAW WEEK! Cultivating Compost in Your Community- Wilmington, NC
Cultivating Compost in Your Community, 5/7, 4-6pm at the New Hanover County Arboretum Education Center Join the NCCC's Coastal Composting Committee, New Hanover County Recycling & Solid Waste, NC Cooperative Extension, Wilmington Compost Company, and Garbage to Gardens for an interactive session to learn more about backyard composting, vermicomposting, school composting, and local/state resources! We will demo how to build a DIY worm bin. Come with all your composting questions. Register here for free.
Find out more »ICAW WEEK! NCCC Lobby Day
On May 8th the NCCC is headed to the General Assembly in Raleigh to meet with legislators to advance the compost industry in North Carolina. In 2024, NCCC's been busy working steadily with a lobbyist and team of compost indusry leaders from NC to expand compost use and manufacturing in the state. On April 17, 2024 NCCC hosted a virtual town hall-- which was recorded and will be released on NCCC's YouTube Channel on 5/7/2024, also in celebration of Inernational…
Find out more »ICAW WEEK! Vermicompost, Compost Tea & Make Your Own Soil Mix- YouTube
Vermicompost, Compost Tea, & Make Your Own Soil Mix, 5/9, Premiers on NCCC's YouTube Channel NCCC will premier this video on YouTube on May 9th at 12pm. Hear from Sierra Nevada Brewery in Asheville, NC about their compost pile, vermicompost bin, and compost tea-- as well as some educational clips from Root Bound Plant shop in honor of Raleigh Plant Week! Registrants will be emailed a link to the YouTube Video. Register here for free. International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW)…
Find out more »ICAW WEEK! Community Composting & Drop Spots- Virtual
Community Composting & Drop Spots, 5/10, 12-1pm Join the NCCC for a ComCon about community composting and community drop spots! Speakers will share about experiences from Wake, Orange, Mecklenburg, and New Hanover Counties. This session will be virtual and participants will receive the meeting link by email. Register here for free. International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) is the largest and most comprehensive education initiative of the compost industry. This year ICAW week is May 5th-11th. The goal of ICAW is…
Find out more »June 2024
NCCC’s 2024 Annual Meeting for Members and Supporters
Join the NC Composting Council (NCCC) Tuesday June 18th from 11am-2pm at The Plant Sciences Building at NCSU for our Annual Meeting for Members and Supporters. Discover what NCCC has accomplished in 2024, hear from NCCC's 2024 grant recipients, a keynote speaker and an 'intro how to lobby' presentation and Q&A with NCCC's lobbyist Nick Wood. More deatils TBA soon. Plus, learn what NCCC is doing to expand compost education, manufacturing and use in North Carolina. After the Annual Meeting…
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