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COMPOST 101
PLANNING
SITE DEVELOPMENT
OUTREACH
COMPOST TO MARKET
LINK LIBRARY

COMPOST 101
PLANNING
SITE DEVELOPMENT
OUTREACH
COMPOST TO MARKET
LINK LIBRARY

How2Compost

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How2Compost

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COMPOST 101

What is Composting?

How is Compost Produced?

Benefits of Using Compost

What Can be Composted?

Why Build Local Food Scrap Compost Facilities?

Healthy Soil: the Compost Climate Connection

PLANNING

Determining Goals

Solid Waste Plans

Planning For Community Engagement

Public Private Partnerships

Collection of Organics

Sign up and participation options

Education and Promoting Your Program

Waste Audits and Pilot Programs

School & College Procurement

Compostable Products Value

SITE DEVELOPMENT

Site Development Basics

Site Suitability

Calculating Site Capacity

Site Design Objectives

Water Management Plans

Create an Odor Impact Minimization Plan

Permits and Approvals

Facility Design, Operation & Processing

Feedstock and Your Site Footprint

OUTREACH

Make Composting Part of Your Community’s Climate Action Plan

Participation

Contamination

Capture Rate

Pests and Organics Collection

COMPOST TO MARKET

Marketing Personnel

Compost Use Equipment

Identifying Potential Markets

Create compost qualities for specific market uses

Develop a Product Brand Specification

Product Certifications

Pricing Structure

Identifying Distribution Channels

Intentionally Sell Your Compost!

Continuous Evaluation of Marketing and Compost Quality

LINK LIBRARY

Model Procurement Policy

Community Toolkit

Excess Food Opportunities Map

IFSC Residential Compost Guide

REFED: Roadmap to 2030

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

Analysis of the Barriers and Opportunities for the Use of Compost in Agriculture, 2018

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