Informative Presentations on Various Composting Topics
A sample of some of the composting presentations that Transform has given at various conferences and meetings.
The Fraser Valley of British Columbia had a major Avian Flu epidemic in 2004. This presentation provides details on the composting process for non-infected birds, infected birds and poultry litter.
In the composting world, we all wish that film plastics would disappear, but somehow we have to keep dealing with them. This presentation looks at whether we should work to remove plastics before composting or afterwards.
We set out to understand how breathable cover systems work, and how they actually reduce volatile organic carbon and odor emissions. We were surprised, but it all makes sense!
Residents who participated in this food waste collection and composting pilot program wanted to keep doing it. The composting process worked well - lets do more of this!
Taking the organics from the waste stream is the lowest hanging fruit to increasing our diversion from landfill. There a some challenges that we need to address when we move from green waste composting to programs that include food waste.
When we divert organics from landfill and compost them, we need to follow some basic principles of composting, including proper preparation of compost mixes, controlling the composting process, screening out contaminants and curing the compost properly to produce a high quality product.
Find out why composting organic waste is important for recycling organic matter and nutrients. Find out why this is important for building healthy soils and producing healthy foods locally with minimal use of fertilizers and pesticides.
This new composting process takes the best of turned windrow composting, aerated windrow composting and agitated bed composting. Find out how this technology can process large volumes of organic waste with lower capital and operating costs than other technologies.
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