Before You Begin: Explore Your Options
- Understanding Solid Waste Fees
- School Composting Options
- Developing School Composting/Food Scrap Recycling Programs - This guide will walk you through the process of developing a School Compost or Food Scrap Recycling Program. [Word Doc]
- School Compost Budget
- Decision Making Matrix for School Composting Systems [Word Doc]
- Composting Program Planning Checklist [ANR]
- On-Site Composting: School Implementation Guide [ANR, based on Highfield]
Separating Your Food Scraps
Composting on Site
Building a Compost Bin
ANR On-Site Composting School Implementation Guide
• Bin Systems for On-site and Backyard Composting [More broadly applicable than just schools]
• Case Study: Lowell Graded School Pilot Program [Word Doc]
• Managing Your Bin Composting System
• Compost Bin System Floor Plan
• Compost Bin System Front View
• How to Build a Compost Cart
• Compost Recipe for Schools [Applicable to home composting systems, too]
• Designing a Bin System for Hot Compost
• Green Drum Composter
• Compost Bins Monitoring LogCompost Site Management – Monitoring Piles: Why and How [ANR, based on Highfield’s Material] Cross-listed under Home.
Vermicomposting in Schools and Other Options
• “Worms in School” [CAV]