Mid-Atlantic Composting Directory

Authors:
Gregory K. Evanylo, Extension Specialist, Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech
Kathryn C. Haering, Research Associate, Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech
Caroline Sherony, Extension Associate, Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech
Archer H. Christian, Extension Associate, Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech

Publication Number 452-230, Revised 2007

Introduction

Compost producers and suppliers

Composting Service and Equipment Providers

Compost Information and Education Sources

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Introduction

This directory is intended to provide contact information for service and equipment suppliers, and information and education sources. Every attempt has been made to present accurate information. Contents are for informational purposes only and are based on details provided by the organizations and entities listed. Inclusion in this directory does not constitute an endorsement by the publishers of the products or services of any business organization or individual listed herein.


Windrow compost Nadine Davitt, Pennsylvania State University	Cornell Cooperative Extension Service

If you are a compost supplier in the Mid-Atlantic who would like to be included, or if you need to make changes to listed information, please contact Greg Evanylo at gevanylo@vt.edu or (540) 231-9739.

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Compost Producers and Suppliers

Name and address	Phone, fax, e-mail, website	Compost feedstocks, methods, and quantity	Distribution method and location
Baltimore City Composting Partnership David Hill 5800 Quarantine Road Baltimore, MD 21226	Phone: (410) 354-1636; (800) 354-0220 Fax: (410) 354-0810 Email: david.m.hill@veoliawaterna.com Website: www.orgro.cc	ORGRO® High Organic Compost: biosolids, sawdust, wood chips, ash: 85,000 yd3/yr. U.S. Composting Council Seal of Testing Assurance.	Wholesale: 20-yard minimum for purchase by wholesalers and resellers only.
Bell, Philip and Barbara 11 Belle Hill Lane Mt. Sidney, VA 24467	Phone: (540) 248-1099	Cow manure compost.	For sale: bulk, for pick-up or delivery.
Blessing Greenhouses and Compost Facility Bruce E. Blessing PO Box 512 Milford, DE 19963	Phone: (302)-393-3273 E-mail: blessingscompost@yahoo. com	Two types of compost: 20,000 tons/yr. Mixed organics from food processing and poultry plants. Municipal biosolids (composted separately). Certified by the Delaware Department of Agriculture as a soil amendment.	For sale: bulk and in bags, for pick-up.
Brookview Farm Sandy Fisher 854 Dover Road PO Box 126 Manakin-Sabot, VA 23103	Phone: (804) 784-3131 Fax: (804) 784-2697	Mixed organic matter (leaves, clippings, manure, vegetable waste) compost: 2,500 tons/yr.	For sale: pick-up or delivery.
Building Evaluation and Solutions William N. Hale 249 Baker’s Branch Lane Louisa, VA 23093	Phone: (540) 894-5238 Fax: (540) 894-5760 Email: wnhale@louisa.net	Hay, sawdust, chicken litter, horse litter compost: 200 tons/yr.	For sale: bulk or bagged for pick-up or delivery. Located off I-64, 10 miles south of Lake Anna, Va.
Burner’s Organic Recycling Allen Burner 4314 Leakesville Road Luray, VA 22835	Phone: (540) 778-5138 or (540) 860-1197 Fax: (540) 778-3985 E-mail: loriburner@hotmail.com	Dairy and poultry manure, sawdust, woodchips, straw, compost.	For sale: bulk or bagged for pick-up or delivery.
Chesterfield Farms LLC Organic Recycling Facility Marsha Boehm 230 Cronson Boulevard, Crofton, Maryland 21114	Phone: (410) 721-7206 Fax: (410) 721-7203 Email: sales@chesterfieldfarmsorganic.com Website: www.chesterfieldfarmsorganic.com	Yard waste and other mixed organic matter compost: 30,000 cu yd/yr. Composted topsoil: 20,000 cu yd/yr. Custom soil blends: 10,000 cu yd/yr. Certified by Maryland Department of Agriculture.	For sale, bulk for pick-up or delivery.
Clarksburg, City of Yard Waste Compost Center Anthony Bellotte 902 N 3rd Street Clarksburg, WV 23601	Phone: (304) 624-1611 or 1612 Fax: (304) 624-1695 E-mail: abellotte@cityofclarksburgwv.com Website: www.cityofclarksburgwv.com	Windrowed and static-pile yard waste compost (produced on asphalt base).	For sale, bulk loaded or bagged, for pick-up or free delivery in area. Will donate to nonprofit and civic groups. Located 2 hours north of Charleston, W.V., and 2 hours south of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Commonwealth Gin Pam Alphin 25165 Buckhorn Drive Windsor, VA 23487	Fax: (757) 242-9654 Email: calphin@commonwealthgin.com	Windrowed and static-pile cotton gin waste compost: 2,000 ton/yr.	For sale: pick-up (loaded or load-your-own) or delivery.
Greif Bros. Corporation John Petchul, Darrell Painter PO Box 339 Amherst, VA 24521	Phone: (434) 933-4117 Fax: (434) 933-4148 Email: john.petchul@greif.com	Paper mill waste compost: 36,000 tons/yr.	Wholesale: loaded at plant.
Grizzly’s Landscape Supply and Services, Inc. Dick Pack 20144 John J. Williams Hwy. Lewes, DE 19958-4339	Phone: (800) 355-4544 Fax: (302) 644-0654 Email: grizzly@dmv.com Website: www.grizzlycompost.com	Yard debris compost: 5,000 yd3/yr. Poultry litter compost: 3,000 yd3/yr. Blended topsoil, compost, composted wood fines: 7,000 yd3/yr.	For sale: bulk or bagged for pick-up or delivery.
Hampton Roads Sanitation District Rhonda L. Bowen PO Box 5911 Virginia Beach, VA 23471-0911	Phone: (757) 460-4270 Fax: (757) 464-6912 Email: Rbowen@hrsd.com Website: www.hrsd.com	Nutri-Green® biosolids compost: 30,000 yd3/yr. Registered with Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as a soil amendment.	For sale: bulk or bagged for pick-up or delivery.
Harrisonburg-Rockingham Regional Sewer Authority Curtis Poe PO Box 8 Mt. Crawford, VA 22841	Phone: (540) 434-1053 Fax: (540) 434-5160 Email: hrrsa@rica.net	Biosolids and wood chips compost (aerated static pile): 5,000 cu yd/yr.	For sale: loaded. Available at North River Wastewater Plant, 1 mile east of Mt. Crawford on Rt. 867.
Harford County (MD) Waste Disposal Composting Facility Joe Rutherford 3241 Scarboro Road Street, MD 21154	Phone: (410) 638-3642 Fax: (410) 638-4019	Yard waste compost: 20,000 yd/yr.	For sale: bulk for pick-up.
Hayfield Nursery Don Grandstaff 1380 N Hayfield Road Winchester, VA 22603	Phone: (540) 888-3385	Mixed organic matter (yard, wood, and vegetable wastes, animal manures) compost: 5 to 30 tons/yr.	For sale: bulk for pick-up.
Huck’s Hen Blend Ron Nixon PO Box 108 Lightfoot, VA 23190	Phone: (757) 876-7637 Fax: (757) 258-3795 Email: rlnixon3@aol.com	Composted organic fines from wood waste: up to 20,000 yd/yr.	For sale: bulk for pick-up or delivery.
Loudoun Composting Tim Hutchinson 44150 Wade Drive Chantilly, VA 20152	Phone: (703) 327-8428 Fax: (703) 327-0649 Email: lcllc@verizon.net Website: www.loudouncomposting.com	SOILMATE® yard debris compost (windrowed): 75,000 yd/yr. U.S. Composting Council Seal of Testing Assurance.	For sale: bulk for pick-up or delivery.
Maryland Environmental Service Nancy Faulkner 259 Najoles Road Millersville, MD 21108	Phone: (410) 729-8630 Fax: (410) 729-8640 Email: nfaul@menv.com Website: www.menv.com	Leafgro® yard waste compost (windrowed): 130,000 yd/yr.	For sale: bulk or bagged for pick-up or delivery.
Messick, Jimmy 10305 Messick Road Midland, VA 22728	Phone: (540) 905-9160 Fax: (540) 439-9344	Cow manure compost: 4,000 yd/yr.	For sale: bulk pick-up or delivery.
New Market, Town of Mike Ritchie 389 Academy Road New Market, VA 22844	Phone (office): (540) 740-3432 Phone (plant): (540) 740-8914 E-mail: phile@shentel.net	Biosolids, sawdust, and wood chips compost: 20 to 40 yd/yr.	Free: pick-up at treatment plant.
Newport News Compost Facility John C. Collett 550 Atkinson Way Newport News, VA	Phone: (757) 886-7947 Fax: (757) 886-7886 Email: jcollett@nngov.com Website: www.nngov.com/public-works	Leaf and pine-needle compost: 12,000 yd/yr. Earth-N-Rich Blend, a blend of mulch fines, compost and soil, is also available.	For sale: bulk or bagged, loaded.
Panorama Paydirt Steve Murray 300 Panorama Road Earlysville, VA 22936	Phone: (434) 978-4566 Fax: (434) 973-8547 Email: panoramapd@ntelos.net Website: www.panoramapaydirt.com	Compost (leaves and poultry litter) and composted mulch (wood chips and poultry litter).	For sale: pick-up or delivery.
Pogo Organics & Applied Living Systems Kevin John Richardson 17328 Georgia Avenue Olney, MD 20832	Phone: (301) 774-2968 or (240) 286-7624 Email: kev@pogoorganics.com Website: www.pogoorganics.com	Tree residuals and yard waste compost: 40,000 yd/yr. Compost tea, custom soil blends, and pelletized compost also available. U.S. Composting Council Seal of Testing Assurance and certified by Maryland Department of Agriculture.	For sale: bulk or 1cu-yd bags. Delivery, pick-up (with authorization) or application service. Compost tea available in 5-gallon increments.
Poplar Manor Enterprises, LLC 1556 Reed Hill Road Riner, VA 24149	Phone: (540)763-5688 E-mail: info@pmecollecting. com Website: www.poplarmanorenterprises.com	Horse manure bedding, cow manure, straw andhay, sawdust compost.	For sale: bulk.
Prince William County Yard Waste Compost Facility Gail Harris 4379 Ridgewood Center Drive Prince William, VA 22192	Phone: (703) 792-6804 Fax: (703) 792-4617 Email: gharris@pvc.gov.org	Yard waste compost: 40,000 tons/yr.	For sale: bulk, loaded. Available at Balls Ford Waste Facility, 13012 Balls Ford Road, Manassas, Va. 20109, (703) 335-8181.
Rhodes, Lamar 2334 Harness Shop Road Dayton, VA 22821	Phone: (540) 879-2922	Cow manure, hay, wood shavings, straw compost: 300 yd/yr.	For sale: bulk pick-up
Rhodes, Ross 5495 Honey Run Road Dayton, VA 22981	Phone: (540) 979-2914	Poultry litter and hay compost: 150 tons/yr.	For sale: bulk pick-up.
Royal Oak Farm, LLC Ken Newman 2855 Orrix Creek Road Evington, VA 24550	Phone: (540) 297-3299 Fax: (540) 297-3497 Email: royaloakfarm@lynchburg.net Website: www.royaloakfarmllc.com	Mixed organic-matter (wood waste, manure, sawdust, paper, wood ash) compost: 35,000 yd/yr. U.S. Composting Council Seal of Testing Assurance.	For sale: bulk for pick-up or delivery.
Shoosmith Bros., Inc. Mike Cole 11800 Lewis Road Chester, VA 23831	Phone: (804) 748-5823 Fax: (804) 748-8482 Email: mcole@va-waste.com	Compost (industrial waste, land-clearing debris, yard waste; windrowed): 5,000 yd/yr. Blended landscape media/soil conditioner: 5,000 yd/yr.	Wholesale: for pick-up or delivery.
Southeastern Public Service Authority Dean F. Arrington 921 Professional Place Chesapeake, VA 23327	Phone: (757) 548-2256 ext. 304 Fax: (757) 548-2773 Email: darrington@spsa.com Website: www.spsa.com/residential/res-resources-recycling.asp	Natures Blend compost (leaves, grass, mixed brush; windrowed): 25,000 yd/yr. U.S. Composting Council Seal of Testing Assurance.	For sale: bulk or bagged; loaded, load-your-own, or delivered. Available at SPSA Yard Waste Processing Facility, 1991 Jake Sears Road, Virginia Beach.
Spotsylvania (VA), County of Clara Mills General Services PO Box 116 Spotsylvania, VA 22553	Phone: (540) 507-7709 Fax: (540) 582-9832 Email: CMills@spotsylvania.va.us Website: www.spotsylvania.va.us	Biosolids compost: 4,200 tons/yr. U.S. Composting Council Seal of Testing Assurance.	For sale: loaded, load-your-own, delivered. Available at Livingston Compost Facility, 6421 Massey Road, Spotsylvania, Va.
Triple C Farms Jimmie Coffman RR02, Box 187 Lewisburg, WV 24901	Phone: (304-645-1094 Email: triplecwv@earthlink.net	Poultry litter/horse muck compost: 3,000 yd/yr. Registered with West Virginia Department of Agriculture as approved Horticultural Growing Medium-Soil Amendment.	For sale: bulk or in bags, for pick-up or delivered.
Ukrops Supermarkets, Inc. Pat Hadden, Melissa Harding 600A Southlake Blvd. Richmond, VA 23236	Phone: (804) 419-1964 and (804) 419-1965 Fax: (804) 419-1995 Email: phadden@ukrops.com; mharding@ukrops.com	Raw fruit and vegetable waste, leaves, wood chips (windrowed) compost: 4,000 yd/yr.	For sale: 20- and 40-lb. bags or bulk, for pick-up and delivery.
Valley Pride Compost Dennis Stoneburner Glen Hill Farm 8223 Simmers Valley Road Harrisonburg, VA 22802	Phone: (540) 833-5509 Cell: (540) 820-3838 Email: stoneburner2004@msn.com	Poultry litter, hay, peanuts, shavings compost: 1,000 cu yd/yr.	For sale: bulk for pick-up or local delivery.
Virginia Peninsulas Public Service Authority Roger Lester Compost Facility 145 Goodwin Neck Rd. Yorktown, VA 23693	Phone: (757) 898-5012 Fax: (757) 898-0641 Email: RLester.vppsa@va.visi.net Website: www.yorkcounty.gov/eds/compost.htm	Yard waste compost: 10,000 yd/yr. Blended topsoil: 3,000 yd/yr. U.S. Composting Council Seal of Testing Assurance.	For sale: bulk, loaded.
Wenger, Owen 3959 Sky Road Harrisonburg, VA 22802	Phone: (540) 867-9090	Cow manure, sawdust, corn-fodder compost: 1,500 cu yd/yr.	For sale: bulk for pick-up.
Yardworks, LLC/ Grind-All Robbie Urbine 19001 Hull Street Road Moseley, VA 23120	Phone: (804) 639-2030 Fax: (804) 739-2939 Email: rurbine@yardworksonline.com Website: www.yardworksonline.com	Yard waste compost - (static pile): 30,000 cu yd/yr. Leaf compost (static pile): 30,000 cu yd/yr. Blended topsoils: 60,000 cu yd/yr	For sale: bulk for pick-up or delivery.

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Composting Service and Equipment Providers

Name and address	Phone, fax, e-mail, website	Products and/or services available
Amadas Industries Tiny Andrews 1100 Holland Road Suffolk, VA 23434	Phone: (757) 539-0231 Fax (757) 934-3264 Email: tandrews@amadas.com Website: www.amadas.com	Equipment manufacturer: trommel systems, bagging systems, conveyors, pelletizers, hoppers.
Coker Composting and Consulting Craig Coker 3331 Glade Creek Blvd., Suite 7 Roanoke, VA 24012	Phone: (540) 904-2698 Fax: (540) 904-6732 Cell: (540) 874-5168 Email: craigcoker@cox.net Website: www.cokercompost.com	Technical and managerial support to the composting industry in the planning, permitting, design, construction, and operation of facilities and in compost marketing and sales.
Novozymes Biologicals, Inc. Helen Harrison 5400 Corporate Circle Salem, VA 24153	Phone: 540-302-1144 Fax: (540) 389-2688 Email: HHrr@novozymes.com Website: www.novozymes.com/microorganisms	Manufactures microbial inoculants and additives to increase value of finished compost.
Pogo Organics & Applied Living Systems Kevin John Richardson 17328 Georgia Avenue Olney, MD 20832	Phone: (301) 774-2968 or (240) 286-7624 Emails: kev@pogoorganics.com kev@AppliedLivingSystems.com Websites: www.pogoorganics.com	Mobile compost processing and hauling equipment. Compost facility oversight and management. Compost application by blower truck or hydroseeder. Compost tea application by spray rig. Compost tea production equipment and materials. EcoSystem product line for bioremediation and ecological restoration, including BENEFIT! Beneficial MicroOrganisms.
RKB Enterprises, Inc. Bob Broom 625 Maury Avenue Norfolk, VA 23517	Phone: (757) 622-0692 Cell: (757) 647-6052 Fax: (757) 640-0239 Email: rkbe@cox.net	Bio-Augmentation 3-turn composting process, odor control solutions for compost sites and lagoons, in-vessel composting systems for biosolids, foodwaste, and commercial sludge.
Vermeer Mid-Atlantic, Inc. Ted Hersey 8830 Corridor Road Annapolis Junction, MD 20701	Phone: (800) 492-1274 Cell: (443) 745-5717 E-mail: ted.hersey@vermeerdlr.com	Equipment supplier: grinders, horizontal and tub type, from 85 to 1,000 HP; compost turners, both selfpropelled and tow-behind; chippers and stump grinders.

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Compost Information and Education Sources

Name and address	Phone, fax, e-mail, website	Information and/or services available
Delaware Cooperative Extension Valann Budischak 152 Townsend Hall University of Delaware Newark, DE 19717-1303.	Phone: (302) 831-4188. E-mail: valannb@udel.edu	Delaware Cooperative Extension Service contact for large-scale composting information.
Maryland Cooperative Extension Gary Felton, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist 1433 Animal Science/Ag. Engineering University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-2315	Phone: (301) 405-8039 Fax: (301) 314-9023 Email: gfelton@umd.edu	Extension/research program in fate and transport of nutrients and on-farm applications of technology. Specific focus on poultry litter application, co-com-posting poultry litter and other wastes, and nutrient fate and transport from poultry litter stockpiles.
Maryland Department of Agriculture: State Chemist Warren R. Bontoyan 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway Annapolis, MD 21401	Phone: (410) 841-2721 Fax: (410) 841-2765 Website: http://www.mda.state.md.us/sc/plants-pests/state_chemist2.php	Information about Maryland regulatory requirements for the sale and distribution of compost and soil conditioners.
Mid-Atlantic Composting Association (MACA) R. J. (Bob) Kerlinger, Jr., Chair 20 Roberts Landing Drive Poquoson, VA 23662	Phone: (757) 272-2333 Fax: (757) 868-3805 Email: bkerlinger@verizon.net Website: www.midatlanticcompost.org	MACA is an association of composters, state and federal agency personnel, university researchers, public utilities, and other interested parties who have an interest in and commitment to composting. The Mid-Atlantic Composting Association advocates market development to support composting and environmental quality in the Mid-Atlantic states, and promotes science-based research, education, standards, and regulations for a sustainable composting industry.
The U.S. Composting Council (USCC) Dr. Stuart Buckner, Executive Director 4250 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 275 Holbrook, NY 11741	Phone: (631) 737-4931 Fax: (631) 737-4939 Email: admin@compostingcouncil.org Website: www.compostingcouncil.org	The USCC is a trade and professional organization promoting compost and provides a unified voice for the growing composting industry. The council is involved in research, public education, composting and compost standards, expansion of compost markets, and the enlistment of public support.
Virginia Cooperative Extension Gregory K. Evanylo, Professor and Extension Specialist 426 Smyth Hall (0403) Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061-0403	Fax: (540) 231-3075 Email: gevanylo@vt.edu	Extension/research program in soil management for environmental quality and crop productivity, including the use of biosolids, manures, and other wastes as sources of nutrients and organic matter for agriculture, horticulture, and disturbed-land restoration. Waste management program focused on solid-waste composting as a tool to manage and utilize agricultural and nonagricultural wastes. Additional outreach in organics recycling regulation development and interpretation.
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: Office of Product and Industrial Standards Donald Delorme 1100 Bank Street PO Box 1163, Room 402 Richmond, VA 23218	Phone: (804) 371-2303 Fax: (804) 786-1571 Email: Donald.Delorme@vdacs.virginia.gov Website: www.vdacs.state.va.us	Information about Virginia regulatory requirements for product testing, labeling, and registration prior to product distribution for agricultural use.
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality - Waste Division Shawn Davis PO Box 10009 Richmond, VA 23240-0009	Phone: (804) 698-4471 Fax: (804) 698-4327 Email: sedavis@deq.virginia.gov	Commonwealth of Virginia contact for composting regulations and compost use.
Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association, Inc. (VNLA) Jeff Miller 383 Coal Hollow Road Christiansburg, VA 24073-6721	Phone: (800) 476-0055 Fax: (540) 382-2716 Email: info@vnla.org Website: www.vnla.org	VNLA is a state trade association for garden centers, nursery growers, landscape designers, installation and maintenance contractors, greenhouses, and horticultural suppliers.
West Virginia University Extension Service Tom Basden, Extension Specialist 1058 Agricultural Science Bldg, PO Box 6108 Morgantown, WV 26506-6108	Phone: (304) 293-6131 ext. 4210 Fax: (304) 293-6954 E-mail: Tom.Basden@mail.wvu.edu	Extension program in best management practices, nutrient management planning, and manure management, specifically the commercial farm composting of animal manures to improve marketability of animal wastes. Information on fundamentals of compost production and utilization.
West Virginia Department of Agriculture: Regulatory and Environmental Affairs Division Herma Johnson, Director 1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East Charleston, West Virginia 25305	Phone: (304) 558-2208 Fax: (304) 558-3594 Email: hjohnson@ag.state.wv.us	Information about West Virginia regulatory requirements for compost and soil amendments.

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