Resources
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EPA Publications
- Organic
Materials Management Strategies (PDF)
(58 pp, 451K)
Describes seven composting strategies for organic materials and presents an analysis of the benefits and costs of each strategy, the potential for diverting organic materials from landfills or waste-to-energy facilities, and the potential markets for diverted organic materials.
- Pack
a Waste Free Lunch
This Web page for teachers contains a poster and activities that will help students learn how to reduce, reuse, and recycle items in their school lunches.
- WasteWise
Update: Recovering Organic Wastes-Giving Back to Mother
Nature (PDF) (14 pp, 1.1MB)
Highlights a number of organic waste diversion and recovery options implemented by WasteWise partners, including composting, vermicomposting, mulching and chipping, grasscycling, and donation. Provides basic information on the science of composting and tips on getting started with organics recovery.
- Large
Scale Organic Material Composting (PDF)
(16 pp, 236K)
A manual from North Carolina State University.
- Value
of Recovered Organic Materials (PDF)
(6 pp, 2.3MB)
Developed by EPA Region 9, this document has useful information on the value of recycling food waste and wood scraps. It contains many useful tips and presents the benefits of different forms of food waste diversion.
- Additional
EPA composting publications
- Food
scraps publications
- Yard
trimmings publications
- Wood waste publications
Other Resources
- Composting
EPA's Composting Web site
- California Integrated Waste Management Board's
Organic
Materials Management Home Page contains information
on compost, mulch, grasscycling, and other topics
relating to the management and use of organic
resources.
- Massachusetts' Annual
Organics Recycling Summit focuses on various
issues associated with organics recycling such
as measuring composting program success or progress
and ensuring connections among generators, haulers,
and processors.
- The Washington
Organic Recycling Council is a membership
organization dedicated to the support and promotion
of all aspects of organics recycling.
- Additional
composting resources
- Yard
trimmings resources
- Food
scraps resources
- Wood
waste resources