Composting to Reduce the Waste Stream: A Guide to Small Scale Food and Yard Waste Composting (NRAES 43 - FRONT MATTER ONLY)

Abstract

This guide promotes small-scale composting of yard, garden, and vegetative food waste. It includes information that may be useful to various audiences. Community leaders, volunteers, teachers, and cooperative extension agents will find it useful for developing educational programs to promote home composting. The guide will also assist small-scale composters who want to know more about composting science than they can learn from locally produced publications. The guide includes a glossary of terms, and an appendix that provides instructions for building various compost systems. Those interested only in guidelines on how to compost should review Chapter 2, titled “Methods of Composting and Composting Alternatives.” This chapter reviews five composting methods and two alternatives to composting that will reduce the waste stream. Chapter 3, “Making and Maintaining a Compost Pile” presents descriptions of materials, methods, and trouble-shooting for traditional compost piles. DUE TO OUSTANDING COPYRIGHT ISSUES OR CLEARLY IDENTIFIED OUT-OF-DATE PRACTICES (E.G. SAFETY CONCERNS), ONLY THE FRONT MATTER (E.G. COVER, ToC, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ETC) ARE PROVIDED HERE AT THIS TIME. Print copies of this item can be found at libraries listed here: www.worldcat.org/oclc/1052754016