Compost Use on State Highway Applications

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Funded by EPA, the Composting Council Research and Education Foundation (CCREF), in conjunction with the United States Composting Council (USCC) developed this document to promote compost use on state and local ‘roadside’ applications. Its goal is to provide individuals and organizations - roads and highways staff, policy makers, product specifiers, project designers and engineers, environmental officers, landscapers, and other interested parties - involved in the maintenance and management of roadsides and highways, with the tools necessary to use composted products to meet their specific project requirements.

Introduction, Table of Contents (PDF) (4 pp, 1.6MB)
Benefits to Compost Use on Roadside Applications (PDF) (3 pp, 216K)
Current State Departments of Transportation (DOT) Success Stories (Case Studies) (PDF) (16 pp, 1.5MB)
Catalogue of State DOT Compost Usuage Experience (50 State Summaries) (PDF) (29 pp, 325K)
Compost Specification for Soil Incorporation (PDF) (16 pp, 969K)
DOT ‘In the Soil’ Compost Specifications Chart [Table 1] (PDF) (1 pg, 1.4MB)
DOT ‘On the Soil’ Compost Specifications Chart [Table 2] (PDF) (1 pg, 821K)
‘All’ DOT Compost Specifications Chart [Table 3, page 1] (PDF) (1 pg, 1.5MB)
‘All’ DOT Compost Specifications Chart [Table 3, page 2] (PDF) (1 pg, 829K)
Bibliography (PDF) (1 pg, 15)
Appendices
- Compost Analytical Testing Methodologies (PDF) (1 pg, 984K)
- State DOT Contacts Tables
  - DOT Landscape Contacts (PDF) (2 pp, 1.9MB)
  - DOT Environmental Officers (PDF) (2 pp, 1.6MB)
  - DOT Maintenance Contacts (PDF) (2 pp, 1.5MB)
  - DOT Directors (PDF) (2 pp, 1.6MB)

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