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Compost Operator Training
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When: July 25, 2018 Where: Hilton Garden Inn, Maple Grove, MN Time: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Agenda The agenda is being prepared and will include many of the topics recommended by the attendees of the 2017 Yard Waste Compost Operator Training. |
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Non-Member Registration
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The MNCC is again offering scholarships for the compost operator training. To qualify you must be:
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Scholarship Deadline Extended!!!
You will need to complete the scholarship application by July 11th to be considered for a full scholarship. Submitting an application does not guarantee you will be awarded a scholarship. Up to two scholarships per organization may be awarded. Compost operators will be given first priority for the scholarships. Organizations awarded scholarships will be notified as they are received. |
Interested in sponsoring the training?
Contact Ginny Black, (email) for details.
Contact Ginny Black, (email) for details.
2018 Midwest Compost School
When: July 10-12, 2018
Where: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
This immersive three-day school features a mix of classroom, hands-on and site-visit experience. Course content is geared for both new and experienced compost facility operators, on-farm composters, extension educators, city administrators and zoning officials and others -- anyone who would like to understand more about composting and who desires to improve their compost quality, regulations, marketing and profitability.
Subject-matter experts from across the Midwest will cover topics including:
For the second consecutive year, the school will be hosted by the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology and the Soil and Waste Resources Discipline, units within the College of Natural Resources at UW-Stevens Point.
The course fee is $575 if registered by June 16 or $675 after that date. The course is limited to 48 students. Register by June 15 to save $100 off the full tuition rate.
More information is on the 2018 Midwest Compost School web pages, including instructor bios and travel and lodging information.
Questions? Contact Angie Hauer, WIST Development Coordinator, at Angie.Hauer@uwsp.edu; Paul Fowler, WIST Executive Director, at Paul.Fowler@uwsp.edu; or Robert Michitsch, Associate Professor, at Rob.Michitsch@uwsp.edu
Where: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
This immersive three-day school features a mix of classroom, hands-on and site-visit experience. Course content is geared for both new and experienced compost facility operators, on-farm composters, extension educators, city administrators and zoning officials and others -- anyone who would like to understand more about composting and who desires to improve their compost quality, regulations, marketing and profitability.
Subject-matter experts from across the Midwest will cover topics including:
- Introduction to the composting process
- Recipe development and feedstock characteristic
- Compost quality and measurement
- Food waste diversion
- Animal composting and mass mortality
- Compostable packaging
- Odor management
- Hands-on compost pile construction
- Facility design
- Economics and marketing of compost
- Midwest regulations overview and update
- Two site visits to commercial compost manufacturers
For the second consecutive year, the school will be hosted by the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology and the Soil and Waste Resources Discipline, units within the College of Natural Resources at UW-Stevens Point.
The course fee is $575 if registered by June 16 or $675 after that date. The course is limited to 48 students. Register by June 15 to save $100 off the full tuition rate.
More information is on the 2018 Midwest Compost School web pages, including instructor bios and travel and lodging information.
Questions? Contact Angie Hauer, WIST Development Coordinator, at Angie.Hauer@uwsp.edu; Paul Fowler, WIST Executive Director, at Paul.Fowler@uwsp.edu; or Robert Michitsch, Associate Professor, at Rob.Michitsch@uwsp.edu
January 2018 - Organics Recycling Workshop for Businesses
Thank you to all who attended the workshop and a special thank you to our sponsors, and to Minnesota Waste Wise for helping plan and execute the workshop! A link to the presentations was emailed to all who attended. MNCC members have access to all presentations from past MNCC events.
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