Commercial Composting
Organic material makes up about 60
percent of North Carolina's waste stream and produces
greenhouse gases as it decays. These materials include paper,
wood, yard debris, food residuals and industrial and municipal
sludges.
Commercial composters work with waste
haulers and organic waste generators to provide an alternative
to landfills, leading to a reduction in the generator’s
waste management costs. The
material is diverted to a composting facility where it can be
recycled into soil amendments and other value-added products.
The market for organic wastes has grown
in the last few years, making it more profitable to operate a
commercial composting business.
Links to the definition of three types of commercial
composting found in North Carolina are listed below.
In-Vessel
Composting
Aerated Static Pile Composting
Aerated (Turned) Windrow Composting
- Manure Composting Manual - Composting is receiving increased attention as an economically viable and environmentally sustainable alternative manure management strategy for livestock producers. The Technical Services Division of Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development developed a new source of information on agricultural composting for producers in this publication.
- Invessel Composting at Warren Wilson College - The GreenDrum Project at Asheville, N.C. college.
- Composting
Organics - (PowerPoint) Although organics can easily
be composted, more and more organic waste is winding up in
our landfills every year. Find out about
composting organics in this presentation.
- Building
A Food Waste Diversion Program - Presentation by John
Craig of Brooks Contractor gives overview of successful
food waste diversion program.
- Compost
Facility Management - (PowerPoint) Focuses on site
design, safety, odors and contaminants.
- EPA
Organic Materials Management - Presentation by EPA
Region Environmental Scientist Davy Simonson regarding EPA
initiatives impacting organic material management.
- Commercial
Vermicomposting Systems - North Carolina State
University Cooperative Extension staff provides detailed
information on the variety of vermicomposting products
available. Statistics are listed for products from
Original Vermitech Systems, Vermitechnology Unlimited,
Worm World Inc., EPM Inc. and Oregon Soil Corporation.
- Erosion
Control Manual Utilizing Organic Practices - February
2003, BMP from Texas Compost Market Development project.
- Case Studies
- Hickory
Regional, Newton, N.C.
- Frank
Porter Graham Elementary School, Chapel Hill, N.C.
- Miller
Brewing, Eden, N.C.
- Wallace Farm, Huntersville, N.C.
- North
Shore Country Club, Glenview, Il.
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