2024 Connecticut Compost Conference

Linda Norris-Waldt is Deputy Director and Advocacy and Chapters Director of the US Composting Council.

Linda has advocated for compost as a healthy soil and carbon sequestering solution for organic waste for ten years. She has been in the recycling industry for 30 years, having spent 10 years as the recycling director for Frederick County, MD. She is a University of Maryland graduate, a member of the MD-DC Composting Council Board of Directors and Maryland Compost Advocacy Coalition; and is part of the Frederick Compost Workgroup, a citizens advocacy group for composting and food waste in Frederick County. She lives in Middletown MD.

  • “Accelerating Amidst Choppy Waters: Composting and Climate”

    Linda Norris-Waldt is Deputy Director and Advocacy and Chapters Director of the US Composting Council.

  • “How You Help”

    Dr. Sally Brown, University of Washington in Seattle

  • agrilab Technologies

    Biomass Controls

    Brand Builders

    Casella

    Connecticut Green Bank

    Cow Pots

    CT Resource Conservation & Development

    Connecticut Sea Grant

    Curbside Compost

    Green Mountain Technologies

    Haven’s Harvest

    League of Women Voters of Southeastern CT

    Park City Compost

    Quantum

    Recycle CT/CT DEEP

    SCS Engineers

    SCRRA

    Sustainable CT

    UConn Master Composter Program

    USDA NRCS

Dr. Sally Brown, Research Professor, University of Washington

Dr. Brown is an award-winning research professor and science writer whose work focuses on soil health, climate change mitigation, organics recycling and wastewater treatment. At the root of her work, she believes that soil amendments, in the form of residuals from different industries (composts, for example), offer the potential to help us to live in a more sustainable manner.

Thank You To Our 2024 Conference Sponsors!

Thank You Sustainable CT for matching every dollar donated at Patronicity with $1.50 dollars.

Sustainable CT a Supporting Partner of the 2024 CT Compost Conference through its Community Match Fund for every dollar raised on Patronicity matched a $1.50. This support with the donors on Patronicity enabled this conference to be FREE for all to attend.

CT Compost Alliance Partners

CT Compost Alliance Partners