GRAND RAPIDS – West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will present a luncheon on sustainable food management and organic waste February 8 at Aquinas College.
Featured speaker is Susan Mooney, Chief of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 5 Municipal and Industrial Materials Section. Mooney will introduce various EPA programs and tools that businesses can use to reduce food waste and manage organics more sustainably, including the Food Recovery Challenge. She will also discuss current issues related to diversion strategies such as composting and anaerobic digestion.
This month’s meeting presented by Creative Dining Services.
Mooney is Chief of the Municipal and Industrial Materials Section at the U.S. EPA Region 5 (Region 5 encompasses the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin). Her section is responsible for implementing portions of EPA’s Sustainable Materials Management program, tribal solid waste and pollution prevention program, and RCRA Subtitle D (or non-hazardous waste) program.
Under the Sustainable Materials Management program, Susan is responsible for working on measurement, sustainable food management, and the management of materials associated with the built environment.
Aquinas College’s Marla Poterack and Chef Andy will also discuss the work the college has done to address food waste.
February Monthly Meeting
Monday, February 8
12 pm to 2 pm
Aquinas College Wege Ballroom
Wege Student Center
1607 Robinson SE, Grand Rapids 49503
$15 online / $20 at event Members
$20 online / $25 at event Non-members
Tentative Agenda
12 pm Networking and lunch
12:30 pm Welcome and WMSBF Business
12:45 pm Managing Food Waste at Aquinas College and Other Local Institutions
1:05 Susan Mooney, EPA Municipal and Industrial Materials Section
