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Organic Waste Recycling in the European Union: A Model for Pennsylvania

ISE Grant. Learn from European systems and experience in organics recycling systems that connect urban and agricultural sectors in mutually beneficial and (more) sustainable carbon flowsAdapt these systems to the reality in PACreate a team of professionals that will become visionaries for improved

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Organic Waste Recycling in the European Union: A Model for Pennsylvania

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    1. Organic Waste Recycling in the European Union: A Model for Pennsylvania Ashlee Dere Rick Stehouwer

    2. ISE Grant Learn from European systems and experience in organics recycling systems that connect urban and agricultural sectors in mutually beneficial and (more) sustainable carbon flows Adapt these systems to the reality in PA Create a team of professionals that will become visionaries for improved organics recycling and management and catalysts for change

    3. Our team 6 extension educators and conservation district staff 3 farmers 5 municipal or private sector composters 2 regulatory/policy 5 county/municipal waste management/recycling officials 2 private sector (food distribution/preparation, display gardens) 3 graduate students

    6. European Union EU Landfill Directive (1999) By 2016 the amount of biodegradable waste going to landfills must be reduced to 35% of 1995 levels EU Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection EU Climate Change Programme / Kyoto Protocol EU Biowaste Directive (pending) mandate source separate collection of organic (bio-) wastes

    7. European Union

    8. Germany “Closed loop waste management” Waste must be: 1. Avoided 2. Subject to material recovery or utilization for energy recovery

    9. Germany Centralized System – Frankfurt

    10. Germany Markets

    11. Germany Education

    12. Germany Energy Anaerobic digestion

    13. Austria Annual solid waste generation per capita

    14. Austria “As decentralized as possible, as centralized as necessary” Waste hierarchy: 1. Waste prevention 2. Waste reduction 3. Material recycling 4. Energy recovery 5. Disposal of pretreated, stabilized residual waste

    15. Austria Decentralized System On farm vs. commercial

    16. Austria Freistadt District

    17. Austria Tragwein Recycling Center - organics

    18. Austria City of Graz

    19. Austria Quality control

    20. Austria Education Campaign for waste separation in Austria started in 1991, 1-year before mandatory waste separation

    21. Austria Energy

    22. Pennsylvania

    23. Pennsylvania

    24. Pennsylvania Recognize similarities and differences Climate Intensive agriculture Rural with a few large cities Size and population Geography Attitude Economics

    25. Pennsylvania Vision statement and goals Articulate a new vision for organic waste management in PA that reconnects municipal and agricultural sectors in mutually beneficial and sustainable flows of energy, organic matter, nutrients, and capital; and to disseminate this vision to a wide audience Develop and implement an action plan

    26. Pennsylvania Top-down approach Act 101 (1988 Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling, and Waste Reduction Act) Mandates recycling and leaf/yard waste collection in larger municipalities of PA Provides some funding but little enforcement

    27. Pennsylvania Bottom-up approach PSU, Tate Farm, State College Borough composting Montgomery County - vegetable farm composting Allegheny County – Eat’n Park Chester County – Longwood gardens Lancaster County – excess manure

    28. Pennsylvania Bottom-up approach PSU, Tate Farm, State College Borough composting Montgomery County - vegetable farm composting Allegheny County – Eat’n Park Chester County – Longwood gardens Lancaster County – excess manure

    29. Pennsylvania Bottom-up approach PSU, Tate Farm, State College Borough composting Montgomery County - vegetable farm composting Allegheny County – Eat’n Park Chester County – Longwood gardens Lancaster County – excess manure

    30. Pennsylvania Bottom-up approach PSU, Tate Farm, State College Borough composting Montgomery County - vegetable farm composting Allegheny County – Eat’n Park Chester County – Longwood gardens Lancaster County – excess manure

    31. Pennsylvania Bottom-up approach PSU, Tate Farm, State College Borough composting Montgomery County - vegetable farm composting Allegheny County – Eat’n Park Chester County – Longwood gardens Lancaster County – excess manure

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