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A Guide to Commercial Food Composting
Food Waste
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Table of Contents and Introduction (PDF) (6 pp, 177K)
Getting Started: Part 1 (PDF) (12 pp, 437K) includes:
- Getting Started
- Composting for Supermarkets
Getting Started: Part 2 (PDF) (15 pp, 544K) includes:
- Composting for Restaurants
- Composting for Institutions
- Other Considerations
- Conclusions
- Resources
Publications and Articles: Part 1 (PDF) (14 pp, 661K) includes:
- Composting Council Publications List
- Degradable Products Manufacturers
- WasteWise Donating Surplus Food to the Needy fact sheet
- In-vessel and Small On-site Composting Technologies
- WasteWise Managing Food Scraps as Animal Feed fact sheet
Publications and Articles: Part 2 (PDF) (11 pp, 769K) includes:
- Biocycle Nationwide Inventory of Food Residuals Composting Survey
Regional Organics Associations (PDF) (2 pp, 63K)
State
Regulators of Compost and Composting: A - L (PDF)
(10 pp, 455K)
State
Regulators of Compost and Composting: M - W (PDF) (15
pp, 708K)
Composting Council The Benefits of Including Paper in Composting fact sheet (PDF) (2 pp, 126K)
