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Composting and Food Waste Management
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- Best Management Practices for Incorporating Food Residuals into Existing Yard Waste Composting Operations
- Food Donation
- On Farm Composting Manuals
- Composting
in the Mid-Atlantic Region
- Mid-Atlantic Composting
Association
- Presentations from Virginia Food Waste Workshop August 8, 2006
- Mid Atlantic Organics Summit November 30, 2006
- Blacksburg, VA Food waste Composting Workshop October 23, 2008
- May 21, 2009 Organics Composting Forum
- Richmond, VA, Surplus Food Recovery Workshop, May 8, 2012
Best Management Practices for Incorporating Food Residuals into Existing Yard Waste Composting Operations
PDF 34 pages, 2.79 MB | About PDFs. Some links within this document are outside of EPA.gov domain. Please click on the exit disclaimer for additional information.
A written tour guide for composters embarking on the process of expanding into managing food residuals. Information is presented in four Sections, with a summary at the conclusion of each sub-section. Readers are encouraged to review summaries but not rely upon them as being comprehensive. Expanding into food residuals composting involves many facets which cannot be fully understood by reading only the summaries.
Food Donation
Surplus edible food should be used to feed the needy, see
http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/organics/food/fd-donate.htm for how it's being done and what you can do.
Also see http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/organics/pubs/food-guide.pdf and http://www.epa.gov/osw/partnerships/wastewise/pubs/needy2.pdf for further information
Composting in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Composting
in the Mid-Atlantic Region
PDF 34 pages, 1.5 MB | About
PDFs
Produced in 2002 by the Mid-Atlantic Consortium of Recycling and Economic
Development Officials (MACREDO) and funded by EPA Region 3, this document
provides an overview of composting and nutrient management for the Mid-Atlantic
region.
Links to directories of Composting facilities.
Delaware (yard waste composting/no food waste)
http://www.epa.gov/reg3wcmd/composting/sec_V_region_3_compost_list.pdf
PDF 16 pages, 844 KB | About
PDFs
Maryland (Prince George County)
http://www.goprincegeorgescounty.com/Government/AgencyIndex/DER/waste.asp?nivel=foldmenu(8)#4
Maryland (Montgomery County)
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/dep/solidwaste/facilities/compostingfacility.asp
New Jersey
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dshw/rrtp/classcfc.htm
New York
http://compost.css.cornell.edu/maps.html
Virginia
http://www.deq.virginia.gov/waste/compost.html
http://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/452/452-230/452-230.html
West Virginia - Composting facilities in DE, MD, VA, and WV are listed at
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/compost/452-230/452-230.html
Mid-Atlantic Composting Association
Mid-Atlantic Composting
Association
The Mid-Atlantic Composting Association advocates market development to
support composting and environmental quality in the mid-Atlantic states.
The Association promotes science-based research, education, standards,
and regulations for a sustainable composting industry and shares information
through working partnerships.
Delaware
Delaware
Solid Waste Authority
This site provides instructions for starting a compost, the benefits of
composting and the implications of not recycling. The Delaware Solid Waste
Authority offers a toll-free Citizens' Response Line, which operates from
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. If you would like additional
information or assistance, contact the Response Line at 1-800-404-7080.
Maryland
Maryland
Department of the Environment
The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) Web site offers a wide
variety of environmental resources including related links and publications.
Their page on composting describes the process of composting and provides
valuable tips on what not to compost.
mastercomposter.com
(Subscription required)
Mastercomposter.com provides newsletters, detailed instruction on composting,
links to international resources, equipment for developing your own compost
and online chat rooms where people interested in composting topics can
connect.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's composting site
provides instruction, constructing and using a compost as well as a schedule
for composting seminars and a "how to" home composting video.
The Pennsylvania Composting Association
The Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania's Organics Council serves members
involved in composting and other organic recycling efforts. This site
offers information about organics events, composting regulations and standards,
and home composting and grasscycling.
Virginia
Virginia Department
of Environmental Quality
The Virginia DEQ site includes a link to the state's vegetative waste
management and yard waste composting regulations.
mastercomposter.com
(Subscription required)
Mastercomposter.com provides newsletters, detailed instruction on composting,
links to international resources, equipment for developing your own compost
and online chat rooms where people interested in composting topics can
connect.
West Virginia
mastercomposter.com
(Subscription required)
Mastercomposter.com provides newsletters, detailed instruction on composting,
links to international resources, equipment for developing your own compost
and online chat rooms where people interested in composting topics can
connect.
Recycler's
World
Recycler's World is an online directory for recycling associations, traders,
equipment vendors, publications and exchanges. The site also offers a
calendar of upcoming events related to composting and recycling.
On Farm Composting Manuals
There are two excellent On Farm Composting manuals available on line \
- The Virginia Cooperative extension has a 36 page description of the ways to compost on farm at http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/452/452-232/452-232.pdf
- The Clean Washington Center also has an on farm composting guide at http://www.cwc.org/wood/wd973rpt.pdf
PA Food Merchant's Association Workshop June 21, 2007
- Food Waste Collection and Composting Feasibility Study for Alleghany County - PDF 34 pages, 331 KB | About PDFs
- Pennsylvania's Permitting Process - PDF 12 pages, 81 KB | About PDFs
- Economic Opportunities in Organics Recycling - PDF 17 pages, 418 KB | About PDFs
- Composting Grocery Store Organic Waste - PDF 20 pages, 2.45 KB | About PDFs
- Redners Market Food Recovery - PDF 10 pages, 705 KB | About PDFs
Presentations from Virginia Food Waste Workshop August 8, 2006
- Food Waste Recovery - PDF 33 pages, 1.67 MB | About PDFs
- Institution & University Food Composting - PDF 5 pages, 91k | About PDFs
- James River Correctional Center In Vessel Composter - PDF 51 pages, 2.61 MB | About PDFs
- Southeastern Public Service Authority Yard Waste Facility - PDF 6 pages, 1.55 MB | About PDFs
- VA DEQ Compost Requirements & Permitting
Mid Atlantic Organics Summit November 30, 2006
● Background On Food Residuals Generation and Recovery [1page, 49.9 KB]
● Food Waste Composting Activities In The Mid-Atlantic States [6 pp, 169 KB]
● Composting Facilities in EPA Region 3 [16 pp, 843 KB]
● Mid-Atlantic States’ Composting Regulations [4 pp, 108 KB]
● Organics Summit Presentations
● Other Resources [3 pp, 73.7 KB]
Blacksburg, VA Food waste Composting workshop October 23, 2008
- Food Waste Recovery and composting in restaurants and Hotels- Marvin Dixon, Four seasons Hotel, Philadelphia
- Food Waste recovery in Universities, BJ Tipton, University of North Carolina
May 21, 2009 Organics Composting Forum
Building Infrastructure and Markets, with MWCOG, ILSR and the Alice Ferguson Foundation-
Presentations from this workshop are on the MWCOG Web site.
Richmond, VA, Surplus Food Recovery Workshop, May 8, 2012
- Key Contacts List- PDF [1p, 293k, about pdf]
Presentation Files - PDF [about pdf]
- EPA's National Food Recovery Challenge – Luke Wolfgang, EPA R3 [17pp, 858k]
- Making the decision – Jessica A. Newman, BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. [24pp, 728k]
- Creating and launching the Partnership: Scott Richards, SE Virginia Food Bank [11p, 604k]
- Donation Trends and Goal Setting - Bob Morris, Feeding America [8pp, 412k]
- Fully Involved Stores – Annie Andrews, Feedmore and Food Lion [14p, 294k]
- Overview of Local Food Composting Infrastructure – Linda Richardson, VA DEQ [28pp, 1.32M]
- Martin's Food Markets Composting Activities – Jim Scanlon, Martins Food Market [14pp, 1.31M]
- Transporting Food Scraps – Chip Hall III, Natural Organic Process Enterprises, LLC [8pp, 1.38M]
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