The Community Composting Podcast

Charlie Pioli
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Organic waste comprises 50 percent of what our country sends to the landfill & incinerator. If we're serious about becoming a zero waste society, we need to talk about this elephant in the room. O-Town Compost Founder, Charlie Pioli, highlights the grassroots community composting movement that's popping up in cities and towns around the country offering society a viable solution to reduce solid waste. www.o-towncompost.com

  1. 03/10/2024

    Episode #47 Alex Thomas of CMA

    In Episode #47 of the Community Composting Podcast, O-Town's owner and founder Charlie speaks with Alex Thomas of CMA. If you didn't know, CMA stands for the Compost Manufacturing Alliance, and they are kind of a big deal. Alex works as a field scientist and special project coordinator with a focus on examining the fruits of our labor - the finished compost! CMA has a focus on the feedstock that brings food waste to composters, and verifies 'compostables' through field testing in a variety of scenarios. What does it look like when compostable servicewear really breaks down in piles, and what does it look like when products fail? What does it mean to truly call a final product 'compost'? Are compostable products valuable to composters, or are we just doing a service to their manufacturers? All these topics and more are examined! In the end, Alex and CMA want to make sure the right information to makes it to composters to empower their decisions behind choosing the feedstock they accept. Compostable servicewear continues to be a hot topic of conversation amongst composters, so if you are interested in hearing the nitty-gritty of it all, this episode is for you! Please take the time to rate and subscribe so that we can keep busting out content!⁠⁠⁠

    51 min

  2. 07/07/2023

    Episode #46 Dustin DuBois of Filthy Organics

    Episode #46 of The Community Composting Podcast features Dustin DuBois, founder of @Filthy.organics. Filthy Organics was a passion project started to help mend the circle of food waste and disposal. Dustin, "the man behind the filth," became inspired by the importance of sustainable living and recycling during his time spent in California when he was stationed in San Diego serving in the Navy. 👏 He has since brought these principles back to Florida, which we definitely support! In this episode, Dustin and Charlie discuss challenges faced by composters in Florida, and Dustin also speaks from the processing perspective of composting. 🍃🪱 Please take the time to rate and subscribe so that we can keep busting out content!⁠

    36 min

  3. 04/07/2023

    Episode #45 Kirstie Pecci - Just Zero

    Home - Just Zero (just-zero.org) Please visit https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/InWwiVh8Iyb if you would like to make a donation!

    1h 5m

  4. 01/19/2023

    Episode 44. Samantha Davies - Eco-Safe Zero Waste

    Website: https://ecosafe.green/

    45 min

  5. 12/02/2022

    Episode 43. Cole Rosengren - Editor of Waste Dive

    https://www.wastedive.com/

    1h 5m

  6. 11/11/2022

    Episode 42. Mike Garcia - Everoak Farm

    Website: https://www.everoakfarm.com/

    39 min

  7. 10/14/2022

    Episode 41. Andrew - Froot Farms

    Froot Farms located in Christmas, Florida.

    51 min

  8. 09/23/2022

    Episode 40. Phil with Key Compost

    Website: https://www.keycompost.com/

    54 min
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Organic waste comprises 50 percent of what our country sends to the landfill & incinerator. If we're serious about becoming a zero waste society, we need to talk about this elephant in the room. O-Town Compost Founder, Charlie Pioli, highlights the grassroots community composting movement that's popping up in cities and towns around the country offering society a viable solution to reduce solid waste. www.o-towncompost.com

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