Loop Closing

• 🎉 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT🎉 Today announced the 229 invited to participate in the program and Loop Closing is one of them! This cohort marks MassChallenge’s 50th accelerator program; the incoming cohort is comprised of startups from 20 countries, 26 industries, > 30 U.S. States; the cohort is also 48% , 47% BIPOC founded! 🎉Meet the cohort here ➡️

‘U.S. Early Stage 21 Cohort Announcement’ by MassChallenge Built with Readymag—a tool to design anything on the web.

Please join us by signing DC's Environmental Network's petition - https://www.change.org/p/dc-deserves-both-a-zero-waste-friendly-dpw-director-and-a-fully-funded-zero-waste-bill?recruiter=853502079&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=share_petition&recruited_by_id=429a6680-069c-11e8-9219-d3498cd3d3da - to Mayor Bowser to fully fund the "Zero Waste Omnibus Amendment Act of 2020" and find a qualified and inspired professional to lead the DC Department of Public Works (DPW).

Sign the Petition DC deserves both a zero-waste friendly DPW Director and a fully funded zero-waste bill!

Baltimore’s First On-Site Food Waste Composting Machine: That we know of

The pouring rain fogging the windows didn’t stop Pluvr’s Max Van Praag from expertly slinging the trailer into tight positions, graciously using his vehicle to move the composting machine. DC Central Kitchen & staff helped us load it. After wading through Noah’s Ark-sized puddles covering the interstate, House staff helped us unload. Teamwork makes the dream work with 30-second loading and unloading sessions. This will expand Malcolm House's composting of food after first reusing all that was fit for consumption and distributed to the community that needs it. supported by .org funded an instruction and data collection guide for composting here and at various sites. If you want to attend the unpacking and initial training session to see how this on-site food waste composting machine operates with the guide and data system on Wednesday 31 March from 10- 11:30am, contact us here: https://www.loopclosing.com.

Check out our 2nd blog on our Department of Energy & Environment project with & Soilful in which we demonstrate that works & enables organizations to live their values of diversion!
DC Central Kitchen Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC) https://loopclosing.com/single-post/on-site-composting-enables-organizations-to-live-their-values…

On-site Composting Enables Organizations to Live Their Values As we shared in our last post, Loop Closing partnered with Recycle Leaders LLC and Soilful to complete their DOEE’s Sustainable DC-sponsored pilot project, “Food First: A Replicable Model for Engaging Ward 7 and 8 Residents in Taking Action on Sustainable DC Topics.” In this second pilot, we w...