New York City
composting guide:
What you need to know about outdoor composting right now, right here in New York City
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Indoor composting
with a worm bin:
A guide to composting
in New York City
apartments
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Leave it
on the lawn:
A guide
to mulch
mowing
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Train to be a certified master composter:
A description and application for the NYC Compost Project master composter training program
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NYC Master Composter Manual:
In-depth information, experiments, activities, and tip sheets, used in the certification course.
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Backyard Composting
in New York City:
A Comprehensive Program Evaluation
June 1999
This report presents the results
of the Department of Sanitation’s
yearlong Backyard Composting
Pilot Program
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Composting in
New York City:
A Complete Program History
August 2001
This report summarizes the Department of Sanitation’s various programs to compost the organic portion of the City’s waste stream.
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