Solid Waste in New England

Composting: State Agencies & Other Organizations

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• Regional
• Connecticut
• Maine
• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island
• New Hampshire
• Vermont

Regional

• North East Biosolids & Residuals Association, Biosolids Compost in New England
  A guide to composting facilities and resources in New England
• Northeast Recycling Council, Compost/Organics Management
  Documents on fertilizers, composting, and other topics.

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Connecticut

• Composting and Organics Recycling, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
  A range of resources and information on home composting and other topics.

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Maine

• Bates College Dining Services, Composting Program, January 2007, Best Management Practices for Colleges & Universities, US EPA New England (PDF) (5 pp., 87 KB, about PDF)
  Case Study about Bates College program to reduce and compost food waste.
• Maine Compost School, Maine Department of Agriculture
  Certificate program for those interested in or involved with medium or large-scale composting operations.

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Massachusetts

• Composting Information, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
  A range of information about home and institutional composting, regulations, and more.
• Council for Ecological Technology (CET)
  Links to information about organic waste recycling projects, including:
  • Increasing Food Waste Recycling in the Greater Boston Area, 2001
  • Composting in Restaurants and Schools – A Municipal Toolkit, May 2003, CET Publications
• Food and Organics Residuals Haulers Listing, WasteCap of Massachusetts
  A list of hauling companies that work with organic waste in Massachusetts and New England.
• Success Story: Turning Garbage into Gold, USEPA, 2002 (PDF) (2 pp., 389 KB, about PDF)
  Fact sheet about the efforts of the Center for Environmental Technology to create a market-based infrastructure for diverting commercial and agricultural organic waste from disposal in landfills.
• Supermarket Recycling Organics (ROI) Initiative, Waste Cap of Massachusetts
  Steps for a recycling program that diverts discarded food, waxed and wet cardboard, renderings, soil and plants for composting. Also addresses other areas such as recycling of shrink wrap, plastic bags, cardboard and other materials.

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New Hampshire

• New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Waste Management and Solid Waste Technical Assistance Division
  Information on backyard composting and composting measurement, and a "how to" guide for schools.
• Municipal Composting of Yard Waste (PDF) (5 pp., 1.04 MB, about PDF)
  Instructions for establishing a composting program.

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Rhode Island

• Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation - Educational Resources on Composting
  A variety of resources about composting, including brochures and links and where to get a recycle bin in Rhode Island

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Vermont

• Compost Center, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Waste Management Division
  Network for Vermont composters, food waste generators, and compost users. Includes a list of Vermont compost companies, the Vermont Compost Listserver, and other resources.
• Composting Association of Vermont (CAV)
  Supporting and promoting all aspects of organics recycling with composting as an integral link between sustainable soils, communities and economics.
• Compostopedia
  An encyclopedia for composting in Vermont.

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