PPT-Current and Future Composting Operations

Public Works Department 1 Environmental Quality Commission June 11 2015 Background Citywide 40 diversion goal by 2020 Resource Evaluation Study 2014 Existing Mulching Operations Pilot Food Scraps Composting Program Implemented January 2015. Composting generally applies to solid and semisolid organic residuals but there are good reasons to consider composting liquids There are all types of liquids that can be managed this way including liquid cow and calf manure blood from slaughter hou IDEM O Description What is composting?  Composting is the aerobic, oxygen - requiring, decomposition of organic materials by microorganisms.  Bacteria start the process and are res Composting. Composting. Carcasses layered. with organic material. Thermophilic microbes. Heat generation. Accelerates biological. decomposition. Destroys pathogens. Relatively safe and simple. Nutrient rich, organic byproduct. It’s Recycling…. Naturally. What is composting?. Grass clippings. Food scraps. Leaves. Using the natural process of decay to. change organic wastes into a valuable. humus-like material called . THE COMPOSTING HANDBOOK Be eco-friendly COMPOSTING 3 Top Dressing Treatinglawnsovercentimetercompostservesveryeffectivefeedinggrounddriedspring.Bysiftingcompostrst,youcanremoveanyunattractivelargep We believe the status quo cattle producer cannot remain profitable. We believe in the cattle working for us, not us for them. Cows live 100% off grass or they get a free ride to town. Low . inputs. We . at School . Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Jan. 13, 2015. Why Compost?. Reduce waste requiring disposal. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions . and . sequester carbon in the soil (as humus). Biosolids Composting Permit - Steps and Stumbling Blocks . Harriet Hill. Humboldt County Division of Environmental Health, . Local Enforcement Agency. September 18, 2015. Use of Biosolids in California. Composting Unamended or phases this system. three phases the pilot-scale tests composting sys- composted manure after twelve see below) into the full-scale process; the full- system that to test for p Jason . Faucera. Clackamas SWCD Conservationist. jfaucera@conservationdistrict.org. . 503-210-6013. Nick Andrews. OSU Small Farms Horticulturist. nick.andrews@oregonstate.edu. . 503-913-9410. Definition of Composting. Organics. . and Composting in New. . Hampshire. April 5, 2017: 9:00 – 11:30 AM. Location: . NHDES Auditorium . 9 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301. Today’s Agenda. 8:30-9:00 - Registration (photo . Adapted from the FAD PReP/NAHEMS . Guidelines: Disposal (2012). Composting . USDA APHIS and CFSPH. FAD PReP/NAHEMS Guidelines: Disposal - Composting, Rendering, and Burial . Aerobic decomposition method. Overview - NH’s Current Regulations and Practices Organics and Composting Melanie Doiron Pamela Hoyt-Denison NHDES Solid Waste Management Bureau B iodegradable material from plants & animals Includes, for example: Composting. Carcasses layered. with organic material. Thermophilic microbes. Heat generation. Accelerates biological. decomposition. Destroys pathogens. Relatively safe and simple. Nutrient rich, organic byproduct.