On-Site Community Composting: The Science for Everyone to Compost Organics

More and more people are composting their food scraps. By learning the science related to composting people can be successful at composting anywhere- at home, at work, in schools and at restaurants. Jean Bonhotol, Director of Cornell Waste Management Institute, will teach participants about composting, answer questions, and help build confidence in participants to start composting where food scraps are generated, also known as “on-site.” 

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cayuga County in partnership with Center for Sustainability and the Environment at Wells College, and Cornell Waste Management Institute is hosting an educational program titled On-Site Community Composting; The Science for Everyone to Compost Organics on Thursday November 16, 1:00pm-4:00pm. The program will be held on the main campus of Wells College in Aurora, NY. The cost to attend the workshop is $10.00, and the fee is waived for any current students. Parking is free. Participants are welcome to pay on their own and eat at the historic dining hall before the program. At the end of this educational program participants can take home materials for a wire compost bin so they can start composting on-site.

“On-site composting reduces our waste stream, makes a great soil amendment, and can be done on-site at home in residential settings, or scaled-up to be implemented at commercial sites. The science is the same no matter what scale you plan to compost, weather its residential or a commercial operation” said Jean Bonhotol, director of Cornell’s Waste Management Institute. Bonhotol added, “community composting can help build neighbor relationships too, because people can combine their food scraps together for composting at one neighbors’ site, because compost piles are so efficient at breaking down food scraps that one pile can be enough for several homes.”