[USCC] COMPOSTING AND COMPOST USE FOR SUSTAINABLE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT Conference

[Greg Evanylo]

The Mid Atlantic Composting Association (MACA) 
and the Mid Atlantic Water Program (MAWP) are 
please to announce a co-sponsored conference entitled
COMPOSTING AND COMPOST USE FOR SUSTAINABLE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT
September 19–21, 2007
Beltsville, MD

The theme of the 2007 Mid-Atlantic Composting 
Association (MACA) annual conference is 
generation and use of locally-produced, annually 
renewable, bio-based performance-oriented compost 
products for stormwater and erosion control for 
sustainable, low impact development. Instructors 
include some of the leading experts in the country.

Registrants will gain access to tools and 
information for achieving lower life cycle costs, 
lower environmental impacts, long-term benefits, 
and harmony with local economy.  Participants 
will receive CEU’s and access to tools for green 
designs. Conference brochure containing 
announcement and location, program agenda, 
lodging information, registration forms for 
conference registrants, exhibitors, and MACA 
membership are available at the MACA 
(http://www.midatlanticcompost.org/Home.html) and 
MAWP (http://www.mawaterquality.org/) websites.

The Mid-Atlantic Composting and Compost Use 
Conference is a biennial event sponsored by the 
Mid-Atlantic Composting Association (MACA), a 
composting trade association comprised of members 
from Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, 
and the District of Columbia.  The technical 
program is planned and conducted by cooperative 
extension, research, and teaching faculty from 
Mid-Atlantic region universities and public and 
private sector professionals.The conference is 
intended to provide useful information to utility 
operators, local government decision-makers, 
landscape architects, general contractors, 
environmental engineers, regulators, composters, 
and other professionals with interest in using 
compost in low impact development.

EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS AUGUST 31, 2007.

Please disseminate this announcement to others who may have interest.

greg

Greg Evanylo
Professor and Extension Specialist
Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences (0403)
426 Smyth Hall, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Ph: 540/231-9739;  Fax: 540/231-3075
gevanylo at vt.edu