Former Longtime Board Member Matt Cotton Represented the USCC at International Conference in Mexico
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Matt Cotton speaking at Ecomondo Mexico 2025 |
The USCC participated in a recent conference in Guadalajara, Mexico, as part of the Ecomondo Mexico conference. Ecomondo brings together technologies and solutions for the ecological transition and offers business and networking opportunities with Latin American investors and potential business partners.
This year, the Scientific Committee put together an international panel to discuss European and North American experiences with composting. Presentations from various perspectives were given by Eduardo Parra, director and project manager for SIPRA; Marco Ricci, on behalf of the Italian Composting Council; Bernardo de la Mora, GrupoVerde in Guadalajara; Susan Antler from the Compost Council of Canada and longtime former USCC board member Matt Cotton, representing the Council.
Presentations focused on the status and experience of composting in the four represented countries. Following the presentation was a tour of the GrupoVerde Composting Site in Guadalajara. GrupoVerde receives source-separated vegetative and produce waste from various generators in Guadalajara.