Los Angeles (L.A.) Sanitation served as the host at the Equipment Show and Demonstrations for the annual U.S. Compositing Council (USCC) Conference Compost 2017 Jan. 23 to 26 in Los Angeles. The show, which features live equipment demonstrations for the composting and wood recycling industry, was set to take place at the Lopez Canyon Environmental Center on Jan. 26, Thursday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It has been described as “a virtual shopping mall for equipment buyers who can see turners, shredders, grinders and screens in action."
“As a long standing member of USCC, L.A. Sanitation is pleased to host the equipment demonstration show at the Lopez Canyon Environmental Center and to share the benefits of composting for reaching our goal of zero waste,” says L.A. Sanitation Director and General Manager Enrique C. Zaldivar.
The annual USCC conference features regulation, trends and exhibitors ranging from big equipment at Demonstration Day to collection equipment and services for the compost industry. Pre-conference courses, which began on Jan. 23, include topics such as the foundations of composting, community composting and the business of vermicomposting.
For over 12 years, the U.S. Composting Council Conference has hosted its live equipment demonstrations. The show has now expanded to include an entire area just for equipment on display.
Other event sponsors include Caterpillar/Quinn Equipment, Coastline Equipment/RDO Equipment Company, Morbark, Vermeer and Harvest Power. Equipment featured this year will include: Grinders and shredders from Bandit, CBI-Terex, Diamond Z, Doppstadt (Ecoverse), Komptech, Morbark, Rotochopper, Peterson, Tana and Vermeer; Screens from CBI-Terex, CEC, Doppstadt (Ecoverse), Edge Innovate, Komptech, Morbark, Tana, Terra Select and Vermeer; Windrow turners from Backhus (Ecoverse), CBI-Terex, Komptech, Midwest BioSystems, Scarab and Vermeer; A load volume scanner from Loadscan; Dust suppression from CW Machine Worx; Interval equipment from Moby Dick, fleece rollers from Midwest BioSystems, stacking conveyers from Peterson, and blower trucks from Peterson.
Shuttle buses were scheduled to run throughout the morning from the conference hotel, the Westin Bonaventure, to the Lopez Canyon Compost Facility.
“As a long standing member of USCC, L.A. Sanitation is pleased to host the equipment demonstration show at the Lopez Canyon Environmental Center and to share the benefits of composting for reaching our goal of zero waste,” says L.A. Sanitation Director and General Manager Enrique C. Zaldivar.
The annual USCC conference features regulation, trends and exhibitors ranging from big equipment at Demonstration Day to collection equipment and services for the compost industry. Pre-conference courses, which began on Jan. 23, include topics such as the foundations of composting, community composting and the business of vermicomposting.
For over 12 years, the U.S. Composting Council Conference has hosted its live equipment demonstrations. The show has now expanded to include an entire area just for equipment on display.
Other event sponsors include Caterpillar/Quinn Equipment, Coastline Equipment/RDO Equipment Company, Morbark, Vermeer and Harvest Power. Equipment featured this year will include: Grinders and shredders from Bandit, CBI-Terex, Diamond Z, Doppstadt (Ecoverse), Komptech, Morbark, Rotochopper, Peterson, Tana and Vermeer; Screens from CBI-Terex, CEC, Doppstadt (Ecoverse), Edge Innovate, Komptech, Morbark, Tana, Terra Select and Vermeer; Windrow turners from Backhus (Ecoverse), CBI-Terex, Komptech, Midwest BioSystems, Scarab and Vermeer; A load volume scanner from Loadscan; Dust suppression from CW Machine Worx; Interval equipment from Moby Dick, fleece rollers from Midwest BioSystems, stacking conveyers from Peterson, and blower trucks from Peterson.
Shuttle buses were scheduled to run throughout the morning from the conference hotel, the Westin Bonaventure, to the Lopez Canyon Compost Facility.
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