Performance Objectives:
P1. Demonstrate and implement a pre-consumer food scrap compost site of <1000cubic yards/year in partnership with Wegmans Supermarkets and Rodale Institute.
P2. Conduct a statewide training workshop for existing and potential municipal, farm, and institution compost managers and partners.
P3. In the Finger Lakes Region (Tompkins County and surrounds), develop a supportive composting network to build both community awareness and composting capacity and promote composting at other sites, diverting food scraps from the waste stream.
P4. Provide a working compost exhibit to educate the public.
Learning Objectives
L1. Can technical compost training and a supportive network increase the number of sites for municipal composting in a specific geographic area such as Tompkins County?
L2. Is it economically feasible to provide municipal composting through de-centralized local compost sites
L3. Can quality compost be produced under this model?
L4. What types of partnerships are the most effective between waste producers, haulers, composters, and compost consumers?
L5. Can these partnerships be effectively cultivated and managed by organizations such as the Cayuga Nature Center?