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 Wood waste workshop

Chefs attend food waste workshop; DEQ serves up advice

The latest Food Waste Stops with Me workshop attracted nearly 50 people from the food service industry in Lane County, representing about 25 different businesses and organizations. Along with chefs and restauranteurs, food service officials from kitchens at the University of Oregon and Lane Community College took part.
 
Elaine Blatt, DEQ senior policy and program analyst, and Marie Diodati, DEQ grant coordinator/specialist, greeted attendees and checked them in at WildCraft Cider Works. Blatt and Diodati, who are both in the materials management program, also contributed to the lively conversation. Topics ranged from how to calculate the amount of food waste a kitchen is producing to how menu changes might result in less wasted food.
 

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DEQ air quality permits go online!

The public can now access current air quality permits and modifications, review reports and more online. Since last April, a team of air quality staff from across the state, as well as staff from software development and integration, and IT operations collaborated to set up a new server, develop special coding, scan an enormous amount of existing air permits, create a manual and train permit coordinators to better serve permit holders.
 
This public database addresses recommendations the Secretary of State made in a recent audit and helps keep our promise to Cleaner Air Oregon stakeholders to make air quality permits easier to access. It also aligns with DEQ’s efforts to modernize and streamline the agency’s processes with “Your DEQ Online,” a new data management system we are developing.
 
Visit DEQ’s permittingprograms for more information.