Composting Resources

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NC Organics Recycling Studies

Case Study on Compost Haulers 2024
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)

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.

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)