Organics and Composting Workgroup

The organics Working Group's purpose is to increase the use of compost and additional diversion of organics from landfills in Wisconsin through promotion of markets, regulatory standards for compost, food rescue, anaerobic digesters, animal mortality composting and use of organics as livestock feed/supplements.  The group will:

• Create awareness about the value of organics
• Collaborate with groups, businesses and agencies to promote the use and diversion of organics
• Evaluate legislative issues that may impact the management of compost and the additional diversion of organics from landfills in Wisconsin

Interested in being a part of the Organics Working Group?
Contact:  Kathy Powell, Chair powellk@recyclingconnections.org  715-345-5972

View Our Goals

•  Working Group Meeting Minutes 6-06-07

• Working Group Meeting Minutes 3-13-07

• Working Group Meeting Minutes 12-05-06

• Working Group Meeting Minutes 10-11-06

• Working Group Meeting Minutes 8-1-06

2008  Programs/Projects

Past Program/Projects
Compost Use in Stormwater & Erosion Control Roundtable & Living Field Demonstration
AROW, Recycling Connections Corporation, US EPA, White Oak Farm and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources developed a one-day session to introduce highway designers, maintenance personnel, stormwater management specialists and composters to best management practices that use compost to reduce stormwater runoff, and improve its quality.

Organics and Composting Information & Links

Compost Research

WasteNOT-Organics - University of Wisconsin
http://www.wastenot-organics.wisc.edu/

UW-Extension SHWEC (Search Publications for ?Compost?
http://www3.uwm.edu/Dept/shwec/publications/publications.cfm

Cornell Waste Management Institute
http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/

Composting at Penn State
http://composting.cas.psu.edu/

BioCycle
http://www.biocycle.net/biocycle.htm 

Compost Associations and Organizations

US Composting Council
http://www.compostingcouncil.org/index.cfm

Composting Council of Canada
http://www.compost.org/englishoverview.html

WasteCap Wisconsin
http://www.wastecapwi.org/organic.htm

Compost Regulation

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Web page in development

DNR    Stormwater Management Tech Standard ? S100 Compost
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/wm/nps/pdf/stormwater/techstds/post/SpecificationS100Compost.pdf

EPA Compost
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/composting/index.htm

EPA Stormwater Menu of BMPs (Search for ?Compost?)
http://cfpub1.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/menuofbmps/index.cfm

Home Composting Resources 

UW-Extension SHWEC ? Master Composter Program
 http://www3.uwm.edu/Dept/shwec/publications/cabinet/html/compost/Instructor%20Resources.htm

Florida?s Online Composting Center
http://www.compostinfo.com/Default.htm

Master Composter.com
http://www.mastercomposter.com/

Food Recovery

Waste Not/ WantNot EPA Food Recovery Guide
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/wastenot.htm