Making Organics Work for You

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1 Making Organics Work for You Integrating Compost USE into Waste Management Plans Jean Bonhotal Cornell Waste Management Inst. cwmi.css.cornell.edu

2 Why Compost? Cornell Waste Management Institute Managing Organic Waste through Composting Reduces Volume by 50%

3 It does not burn well Fills up Landfills Convert organics into a soil like product Holds soil moisture during dry seasons Helps to Suppress Plant Disease Improves soil quality Compost = Healthy Soil = Good Food = Healthy People Cornell Waste Management Institute

4 Compost Use Topsoil Blends Container Mix/Potting Soil Nursery Beds Turf Establishment Erosion Control Tree and Shrub Backfill DOT Use Vegetable Crops SOURCES: Rodale, USCC, and MSC Cornell Waste Management Institute

5 Effects of erosion

6 Compost Uses Recycling food and yard waste provides many benefits for soil and plant response. Compost supplies small amounts of nutrients but the organic matter significantly improves soil structure, allowing better drainage in heavy clay soils and improved water retention in light sandy soils. Cornell Waste Management Institute

7 Benefits of Using Compost 1. Adds organic material. 2. Builds healthy soils where a diverse group of beneficial organism thrive. 3. Helps suppress disease. 4. Increases moisture holding capacity in soils. Cornell Waste Management Institute Note: Immature compost should not be used for germinating seedlings and can affect the health of mature plants.

8 Home composting provides households to convert waste material into a valuable soil amendment. The result is a healthier, more productive and easier to maintain garden. Composting at home reduces our carbon footprint because organics do not require trucking and it keeps a resource out of the landfill! Cornell Waste Management Institute

9 Improves Highly Compacted Soils Before compost addition After compost addition

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12 Composting at the urban farm in Brooklyn Forced aeration Cornell Waste Management Institute Turned

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14 Aerated Compost Cornell Waste Management Institute

15 Crop Production

16 3/26/2008 Application to 1:1 ROCK SLOPE 2 compost mulch w/native seed mix Barton Creek Development Austin, TX Cornell Waste Management Institute AUGUST 17, 2002

17 8 MONTHS LATER IRRIGATION INSTALLED, NEVER USED 3/26/2008 Cornell Waste Management Institute

18 3/26/2008 West Cypress Hills on October 05, Before Compost Application Cornell Waste Management Institute

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21 Healthy Beans

22 Wetland Mitigation in Adirondack Park

23 Establishing Vegetation

24 Orchards- Food scraps To apples

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26 Compost Socks 3/26/2008 Cornell Waste Management Institute

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32 Filter Tubes Installed for Storm Water Protection 3/26/2008 Cornell Waste Management Institute

33 Tree Establishment 3/26/2008 Cornell Waste Management Institute

34 3 years without amendment 3/26/2008 Cornell Waste Management Institute

35 3 years 3/26/2008 Cornell Waste Management Institute

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37 Landscaping Project 3/26/2008 Cornell Waste Management Institute

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41 Recycling Organics Makes Good Sense! Healthy Soils = Healthy Food! Cornell Waste Management Institute

42 Posters Compost Use for Improved Soil Gardening and Vegetable Production Compost Use for Improved Soil Slope Stabilization and Erosion Control