Who We Are - FLCompostingCouncil

Vice President of Corporate Operations Veransa Inc. Chris has over 30 years of

municipal solid waste management experience in the areas of organics recycling, solid waste

collection and recycling programs, disaster debris management, and capital projects planning and

construction management. Chris has an undergraduate degree in Resource Management, and a

Masters in Urban Planning from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Chris is the Co-Chair

of the Organics Recycling Committee.

Mr. Hill is an independent consultant to the environmental, recycling industries. Prior to to that he was the principal at CycleLogic Environmental Marketing and Consultation. He has more than 30 years in compost operations and marketing experience. He has a bachelor’s degree is in horticulture and his master’s degree in marketing.

Prior to starting CycleLogic, Mr. Hill was the Project Manager and Marketing Manager with Veolia Water North America at the Baltimore City Composting Facility. He was responsible for annually producing and profitably marketing between 75,000 and 85,000 cubic yards of ORGRO® brand compost, while managing this facility. 

Previously, he managed 3 yard trim composting facilities serving 5 counties in Maryland. As Project Manager, he was responsible for the production and marketing of greater than 160,000 cubic yards of compost per year for these combined facilities.

 Levin is the COO at Gaston Tree Debris Recycling and Gaston Mulch and  Soil, focusing on regenerating our soil and water using repurposed  material from the urban forest! He also has experience as a John Maxwell  Certified Speaker, Coach, Trainer. Experienced in Disaster Debris  Planning and Operations. He’s been in the industry since 1972 as a  founder of Gaston Tree Service, opened Florida’s first state recognized  wood recycling facility in Gainesville in 1986. Served on recycling  committees with the FDEP TAG committee, UF, City of Gainesville, and  USDA.