Compostable Products Decision Making Guide
Decision Making Guide to Accepting or Rejecting Compostable Products
- 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