A Users Guide to Compost
Compost is a natural amendment for your lawn or garden, and can be used regularly to enrich your soil. This guide is designed to help understand what compost is and ot get the most from the compost that you buy.
- COMPOSTING▼
- PROGRAMS▼
- Determining goals
- Solid waste plans
- Business plan and community engagement
- How organics will be managed
- How organics will be collected
- Sign up and participation options
- Education and promoting your program
- Waste Audit/Composition Studies-Procurement
- School & College Procurement
- Plans and Feasibility Studies
- Public Private Partnerships
- Compostable Products
- Funding Your Program
- SITE PLANNING▼
- EDUCATION▼
- MARKETING/USE▼
- Benefits of using compost
- Marketing Personnel
- Identifying potential markets
- Create compost qualities for specific market uses
- Develop a Product Brand Specification
- Product Certifications
- Pricing Structure
- Identifying distribution channels
- Plan for education, outreach, and promotions
- Continuous Evaluation of Marketing and Compost Quality
- RESOURCES▼
- Model Procurement Policy
- PreTreatment of Organic Materials for Composting
- Community Toolkit
- Excess Food Opportunities Map
- IFSC Residential Compost Guide
- REFED: Roadmap to 2030
- A Guide to Conducting a Food Waste Assessment
- A Users Guide to Compost
- Posters: Compost Impacts More than You Think.
- Quantifying Existing Food Waste Infrastructure in the U.S., 2019
- State of Organics Recycling in the U.S.
- Mapping Urban Access to Composting Programs
- Growing Local Fertility: A Guide to Community Composting
- Evaluation and Ongoing Education: International Compost Awareness Week
- Curb to Compost Toolkit
- Compost Equipment Factsheet
- The Value of Compostable Packaging
- Analysis of the Barriers and Opportunities for the Use of Compost in Agriculture, 2018
- USCC STA Certified Compost Participants Map
- BPI Labelling Guidelines
- How2Compost
- Program Implementation Case Studies
- In the Public Interest Guide
- Compost Operator Guidebook
- Case Studies for Department of Transportation Use of Finished Compost
- Various Compost Use Applications
- Water Quality Protection at Compost Sites
- Odor Control 101 – Practical Guide to Managing Odor
- Compostable Products Decision Making Guide