6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
Panel 5: BMPs and Rodent Control
Linda Bilsens Brolis
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Washington, D.C.
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Community Composting Done Right: A Guide to Best Management Practices
1. Linda Bilsens Brolis
Project Manager, Composting for Community Initiative
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
May 14th, 2019
Community Composting Done Right:
A Guide to Best Management Practices
2.
3. Report Overview
๏ผPart 1: For New Composters
and New Sites
๏ผPart 2: The Science and Art
of Composting
๏ผPart 3: Managing the
Composting Process and Your
Site
๏ผAppendices:
โข Glossary of Terms
โข Troubleshooting FAQ
โข Troubleshooting Table
โข Sample Monitoring Data Sheet
โข Community Composting in GA
4. Source: L. Bilsens Brolis, B. Platt, Community Composting Done Right: A Guide to Best Management Practices,
Institute for Local Self-Reliance, 2019 (www.ilsr.org/composting-bmp-guide). Reprinted with permission.
5. Why BMPs for Community-Scale?
๏ผTo ensure public safety
๏ผTo prevent public nuisances
(real or perceived)
๏ผTo maximize benefits
Community-scale is:
โข Generally exempt or altogether
absent from permitting
requirements
โข Often managed by volunteers
โข GREAT for educating the public
about compostingโฆbut not if
mismanaged
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance and ECO City Farms launched the
Neighborhood Soil Rebuilders Composter Training Program in 2014. NSR
lead instructor, Benny Erez, third from right. Source: Institute for Local
Self-Reliance.
6. How do BMPs changeโฆ
Based on:
๏ผScale?
๏ผLevel of volunteer
involvement?
๏ผLocation?
๏ผWhat you compost?
โข Types
โข Sources
๏ผEnd use?
7. Key Best Management Practices (BMPs)
๏ผIdentifying your team
and a management plan
๏ผSelecting and laying out
the site
๏ผDeveloping your
composting recipe
๏ผBuilding and maintaining
your compost pile
๏ผMonitoring and keeping
records
๏ผFinishing the composting
process & testing
๏ผHealth and safety
considerations
BK Rot in Brooklyn, started by Sandy Nurse and Renee Peperone in 2013, pays a
living wage to local youth who manage the bike-powered food scrap collection
and composting enterprise. Source: Valery Rizzo.
8. Source: L. Bilsens Brolis, B. Platt, Community Composting Done Right: A Guide to Best Management Practices,
Institute for Local Self-Reliance, 2019 (www.ilsr.org/composting-bmp-guide). Reprinted with permission.
9. Source: L. Bilsens Brolis, B. Platt, Community Composting Done Right: A Guide to Best Management Practices,
Institute for Local Self-Reliance, 2019 (www.ilsr.org/composting-bmp-guide). Reprinted with permission.
10. Before You Begin
๏ผClarify your
composting
โข goals
โข team
โข method
๏ผTraining matters!
The DC Department of Parks and Recreationโs Community Compost Cooperative
Network requires at least one active manager at each of its 50+ sites. The cooperative
at Howard University pictured here. Source: Loop Closing.
11. Source: L. Bilsens Brolis, B. Platt, Community Composting Done Right: A Guide to Best Management Practices,
Institute for Local Self-Reliance, 2019 (www.ilsr.org/composting-bmp-guide). Reprinted with permission.
12. Site Layout:
Set yourself up for success!
You need space:
๏ผ To compost
๏ผ To store browns (carbon source &
bulking materials)
๏ผ To store temperature probe, scale,
recording binder
๏ผ To cure
๏ผ To screen
๏ผ To store finished compost
๏ผ To handle water
๏ผ To move around
๏ผ To breathe
The layout of a composting site should allow for a logical and efficient flow of
materials and people, while minimizing the potential for contamination of more
stable materials. Adapted from Oregon State University, Agricultural Composting
and Water Quality (2013).
13. Source: L. Bilsens Brolis, B. Platt, Community Composting Done Right: A Guide to Best Management Practices,
Institute for Local Self-Reliance, 2019 (www.ilsr.org/composting-bmp-guide). Reprinted with permission.
15. The Science & Art of Composting
Source: Adapted from Benny Erez, โThe Composting Processโ,
Neighborhood Soil Rebuilders Composter Training Program.
Jesse Williams of Rust Belt Riders unloads food scraps collected in
the Cleveland area. Source: Jacob Koestler.
16. The Science & Art of Composting
๏ผBuilding your composting
pile
A cross-section of a well-built composting pile.
Source: Institute for Local Self-Reliance
The NYC Compost Project
hosted by Earth Matter NY
is located on Governors
Island and composts food
scraps from the broader
NYC community. Source:
Earth Matter.
17. Monitoring & Keeping Records
๏ผTemperature
๏ผAeration & odors
๏ผMoisture
๏ผPests
BK ROT in Brooklyn uses a simple data log to track
temperatures and other observations and actions.
Sources: Institute for Local Self-Reliance, BK ROT.
Community Composting Done Right: A Guide to Best
Management Practices, Appendix D. Available for download at
https://ilsr.org/composting-bmp-guide/.
18. Managing the Composting
Process & Your Site
๏ผHealth & safety
considerations
Red Hook Community Farm has designated tools for
composting that are labeled and stored separately from
gardening tools. Source: Institute for Local Self-Reliance.