A Guide to Composting Yard & Food Waste

Web page

Composting Workshops & Demonstrations

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Don't Trash Grass

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Get a Low-Cost, Rodent-Resistant Compost Bin

Web page

Materials for Teaching Residents About Composting

Outline and talking points
MS Word 23 KB

Poster: Composting is Easy
PDF 293 KB

Vermicomposting: Indoor Composting with Worms

Web page

Open Burning (of certain organic materials when composting is not practical)

Web page

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Active Commercial and Municipal Compost Sites in Massachusetts

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Department of Agricultural Resources: Agricultural Compost Site Directory

MDAR Web site

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MassDEP Workshops: Healthy Lawns & Landscapes

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Christmas Tree Recycling

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GreenScapes Cost Calculator: Recycling & Reusing Landscape Waste

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) web site

How to Control Fruit Flies & Fungus Gnats

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Lawns & Landscapes in Your Watershed

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Lead Contamination in Your Yard

Web page

Reduced Pesticide Use in Lawn Care

MS Word 85 KB | PDF 275 KB

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Center for Ecological Technology

Publications and reports on large-scale food waste composting
CET Web site

Food Residual Composting Facilities, 2003

Map of facilities
JPG 650 KB

Facilities list
MS Excel 25 KB

List and map combined
PDF 175 KB

Food Waste Composting Fact Sheet, February 2005

MS Word 74 KB | PDF 105 KB

Study: Identification, Characterization & Mapping of Food Waste & Food Waste Generators in Massachusetts

For planning commercial and institutional food waste collection and processing systems.

Report, September 2002
MS Word 653 KB | PDF 157 KB

Data: Food Waste Generators in Massachusetts
MS Excel 1.4 MB | PDF 437 KB

Map: Food Waste Generators in Massachusetts
Web page | Printer-Friendly: PDF 1.9 MB

MassDEP Supermarket Recycling Program Certification (SRPC)

Web page

Related: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Success Story
Shopping for Change: Highlights the MassDEP Supermarket Recycling Program
US EPA Web site

Trimming the Fat: Cutting Costs by Reducing Food Waste

Web page

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Organic Materials Page
US EPA Web site

Putting Surplus Food to Good Use: A How-to Guide for Food Service Providers
PDF 1.1 MB

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2009: Greening from the Ground Up!

Agenda & Additional Information
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Register online
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2008: The Changing Climate of Composting

Agenda & Additional Information
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To obtain a CD of the presentations given during the 2008 summit, please contact Morgan Harriman at 617-654-6580 or morgan.harriman@state.ma.us.

2007: Gaining Ground in Organics Recycling

Agenda
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2006: Growing Opportunities in Organics Recycling

Agenda
MS Word 397 KB | PDF 147 KB

2005: Strategies for Organics Recycling Success

Agenda
MS Word 277 KB | PDF 254 KB

2004: Links in the Food Chain

Agenda
MS Word 225 KB | PDF 417 KB

2003: Mapping the Progress

Agenda
MS Word 43 KB | PDF 20 KB

Case Studies

Organics Recycling Trends in the U.S. and Internationally
Nora Goldstein, Biocycle Magazine
PDF 1.5 MB

Cape Cod Stop & Shop and Watts Family Farms Projects
PDF 44 KB

Cape Cod Stop & Shop Composting Project
PDF 40 KB

Watts Family Farms Composting Project
PDF 812 KB

Northhampton and Amherst Restaurant and School Composting Project
Karen Bouquillan, Town of Northhampton, and John Majercak, Center for Ecological Technology (CET)
PDF 256 KB

R.A.G.S. (Recycle Anyway Group Services)/Roche Brothers/WasteCap Story: Ted Brown & John Connolly, Consultants
PDF 812 KB

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Compliance Assistance

Waste and recycling laws, regulations, policies, guidance and more.
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Compost Site & Recycling Facility Forms

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