4. How Does Composting Work & Who Does the Work?

14. 1. Very high nitrogen material 2. Added cardboard, straw, compost and water 3. Added more cardboard 4. Topped off with hay 5. And covered

17. Marshfield Fair Administration Building And behind the building, composting!

20. Three Compost Bins on State Contract FAC61 New Age Composter New Age Composter New Age Composter 3 Models: 11 cu ft, 24 cu ft, 30 cu ft capacity Vendor: New England Plastics 508-998-3111 Price: Bin-11: $46 Bin-24: $53 Bin-30: $59 Add $4 per bin for orders of less than 21 bins

21. Earth Machine 10 cu ft capacity Three Compost Bins on State Contract FAC61 Vendor: Norseman Plastics, ORBIS Co. 888-675-2878 x722 $40 Minimum order: 20

22. Three Compost Bins on State Contract FAC61 Bio-Orb 13 cu ft capacity Vendor: New England Rain Barrel 877-977-3135 $89.95 Only available in bulk through pre-order programs which are designed and executed by the vendor

23. Town of Marshfield donated three New Age Composters, Model Bin-24 (24 cu ft) for the composting effort at Marshfield Fair Waste diversion + Education opportunities + Promotion of municipal bin program

24. Did they work? Unscreened compost after a year in the bins with no management once the Fair ended Volume reduction = 75% No odor problems during or after the Fair Composted about 1,000 lbs of food and produce waste from the 10 day event

25. Some of our compost ingredients…”Greens” Veggies from the agricultural exhibits… …soggy pretzels after a rain storm Bloomin’ onions & all the fixings… Flowers from the horticulture exhibits

26. And “Browns”… Sawdust from the chainsaw artists Horse bedding Cardboard and pressed paper Hay sweepings Bedding bags Wood shavings after an event

28. Label for 5-gallon pails

29. Compost collection…where there’s a will, there’s a way.

30. Compost from previous year made available to fairgoers

31. Make the system easy for others to use Label bins with instructions Keep “browns” on hand for covering fresh “greens”

32. Thanks to all the volunteers over the years!