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The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz is a community science initiative open to anyone in North America. Each year, the Monarch Blitz takes place over a 10-day period, starting on the last Friday of July and ending on the Sunday of the following week.
A unique trinational organization advancing a regional approach to environmental cooperation and creating linkages across Canada, Mexico and the United States to address emerging and complex environmental challenges.
CEC projects bring together experts, governments and communities to share knowledge, build capacity, pilot scalable solutions and strengthen cooperation, turning shared goals into action for North America’s environment.
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The CEC Council has acknowledged the importance to further build upon the success of past CEC FLW projects, and continue to demonstrate CEC leadership and visibility to support FLW reduction in North America. Given this, the CEC continues its work on a new project with a focus on developing new...
Featured Publication
An Analysis of the Effects of Poly-coated Compostable Materials on Compost Quality and Operations in the US and Canada
A pilot study was conducted at two composting facilities to evaluate whether certified-compostable poly-coated fiber food packaging can be effectively processed by existing aerobic composting facilities without affecting compost quality. This study also examined how the two pilot facilities, each using a different composting method—covered aerated static pile (CASP) and turned windrow (TW)—managed and processed the compostable packaging materials, the additional costs incurred, the operational challenges associated with their inclusion and the disintegration of these materials in compost.
The aim of the work was to understand both the operational and compost quality impacts that result from using certified-compostable poly-coated fiber food packaging.
This report complements a set of six milestone studies prepared for the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) under the project Transforming Recycling and Solid Waste Management in North America.
