oining FIFA Fan Festival as the Kansas City site’s official compost partner demonstrates that a homegrown social venture like KC Can Compost can build the infrastructure, operational capacity, and trust to support one of the world’s biggest public events, said Kristan Chamberlain.
“The scale of our operations at Fan Fest shows what is possible when a social venture is paired with the right opportunity and the right partners,” the organization’s founder and CEO said, noting managing organics diversion at a meaningful level is nothing new for the former LaunchKC cohort member.
“But an event like this allows that impact to become highly visible and highly scalable all at once,” Chamberlain continued. “It is not just about handling more material. It is about showing that sustainability, public engagement, and systems change can happen in real time, in a setting where thousands of people can see it and take part in it.”…