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NC DEQ »   About »   Divisions »   Environmental Assistance and Customer Service »   Recycling »   Organics Recycling and Composting »   Composting Resources

Composting Resources

 
NCDEQ Publications
NC Organics Recycling Studies
  • NC Organics Recycling Study 2020: Materials Managed 2011-2020 and Food Recovered 2019 (NCDEQ January 2021)
  • NC Organics Recycling Study 2016: Materials Managed 2011-2015 and Food Recovered 2015 (NCDEQ June 2016)
Additional NCDEQ Publications
  • Composting Facility Stormwater BMPs Informational Manual - DRAFT (NC DENR, September 2015)
  • North Carolina 2012 Food Waste Generation Study (NCDENR August 2012)
Other Publications
  • Composting Laboratories (Updated May 2017)
  • Food Recovery in North Carolina (Biocycle October 2015, Mouw & Montezuma)
  • Composting Supports Jobs and Healthy Watersheds (ILSR, Brenda Platt)
  • Waste Not in Asheville (BioCycle April 2013 Sean Clark)
  • Trailblazing with Food Waste Diversion - Brooks Contractor (Winter 2000, Craig S. Coker)
  • Composting Food Discards at the 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill)
  • Developing Trash-Free Special Events: A Planning Guide for North Carolina Communities and Event Planners (June 2000, The Eno River Association)
  • Fate of Formaldehyde in MDF Sawdust during MSW Composting, Suchat Leungprasert and Lambert Otten.
Presentations
  • Wake County Food Recovery Summit Presentation (Feb 6, 2017 Jorge Montezuma NC DEQ)
  • Save The Food Webinar Recording (Nov 3, 2016) (food waste prevention at the consumer level -- NRDC, AdCouncil, NC DEQ)
  • Expanding Organics Recycling through Non-Regulatory Efforts (USCC 2016 Jorge Montezuma NC DEQ)
  • Expanding Food Scraps Recycling through State Assistance (Food Recovery Summit 2015 Jorge Montezuma NC DEQ)
  • Compost Facility Management Basics (Frank Franciosi 2005)
  • Building a Food Waste Diversion Program (Brooks Contractor)
  • Compost Tea (Brian Rosa NC DENR)
  • Composting Industrial and Commercial Organics (Craig Coker 2000 NC DENR)
  • How Compost Can Affect Soil Quality (William Brinton, Woods End Research Lab)
  • Viewing Organics Recycling as an Economic Development Tool (Craig Coker 2000 NC DENR)
  • Fostering Food Recycling (Craig Coker 1999 NC DENR)
Organizations: State Offices, Municipalities, Non-Profits and More
  • North Carolina Municipalities

    • ​City of Raleigh Solid Waste Services - Backyard Composting
    • Orange County Commercial Recycling (Food Scraps Collection)
    • Wake County Food Scraps Drop Off Program at Convenience Centers
  • North Carolina
    • North Carolina Composting Council
    • N.C. Cooperative Extension Service: Composting
    • N.C. Division of Waste Management - Solid Waste Section: Composting 
    • N.C. Division of Water Quality
    • N.C. Small Business and Technology Development Center
    • Soil/Compost Lab: N.C. Department of Agriculture and Customer Service
    • Local Food Infrastructure Inventory Map (CEFS)
  • Other States
    • California Integrated Waste Management Board - Organics
    • Florida's Online Composting Center
    • Georgia Environmental Protection Division Food Waste Diversion
    • South Carolina's Food Waste Generator's Map
  • National
    • ​Biocycle- Journal of Composting and Organics Recycling
    • EPA Composting
    • EPA Food Waste Program
    • U.S. Composting Council
  • ​Technical Resources
    • ​Conversion Factors: Organics - California Integrated Waste Management Board
    • Cornell University Compost Calculator

Organics Recycling and Composting

  • Organics Recycling Systems
  • Food Recovery
  • Composting Basics
  • Composting Resources
  • Financial Opportunities
  • State Organics Recycling Contacts
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