CCEDC education on recycling & composting at the Dutchess County Fair, 2014.
The collection and processing of organic waste into other value
added products, and the use of waste derived materials.
- Storm debris, food waste, biosolids, residues from food or other manufacturing
- Manure, field crop residues, farm plastics and wood waste from logging and
- Food preparation scraps,
grocery “past sell date” food, uneaten food.
- Garden waste, landscaping
- Controlled aerobic decomposition of
organic waste materials by the action of small invertebrates and micro
- Includes static pile composting, Vermi-composting, windrow composting
- Can be on a household,
farm, community or commercial level.
- Usually used for garden
waste and food scraps, but not meat or dairy.
- Produces a useful soil
amendment - compost.
- Controlled anaerobic
decomposition of organic waste materials using biological processes without oxygen.
- Usually done at a community
or commercial level
- Used for any organic
material, including all food waste, animal waste and yard waste.
- Biogas - a renewable fuel
(60-70% methane), which can be used to produce electricity
- Digestate -a liquid slurry. 1-8% is
solids which can be composted, the rest can be used as a liquid fertilizer.
Last updated August 8, 2017