Troubleshooting Tips for Compost Site Operators Webinar
March 6, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST
Join CET for a compost site operators webinar focusing on troubleshooting common issues when incorporating food scraps at your compost site.
Hosted by CET, with support from USDA RUS, James McSweeney of Compost Technical Services and The 131° School of Composting will be leading an engaging and informative session focused on identifying and addressing common issues to maintain a healthy, efficient composting process with the addition of food scraps. Following the lesson, attendees can join a Q&A discussion session where they can engage with CET and James McSweeney.
The webinar is geared toward the following participants:
- Operators of agricultural, municipal, and private composting operations that accept food scraps.
- Operators of small-scale/community composting sites that accept food scraps, such as community gardens, local parks, etc.
- Other interested parties considering starting a commercial/community composting operation to compost food scraps.
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Who is CET?
CET is an environmental nonprofit committed to assisting a variety of operations in reducing, recovering, and diverting wasted food from disposal. Supported by USDA RUS, CET is currently offering free assistance to RUS eligible compost sites to support the food waste composting infrastructure.
For any questions, please contact us at wastedfood@cetonline.org.
Speakers (1)
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James McSweeneyJames McSweeney is a composting consultant, educator, and author of Community-Scale Composting Systems, a comprehensive designer’s and practitioner’s manual for food scrap composters. Through his work at the Highfields Center for Composting and current consultancy, Compost Technical Services, James has worked with hundreds of composters, large and small, on everything from site planning, design, and management to compost heat recovery and livestock feeding systems. He coauthored Growing Local Fertility: A Guide to Community Composting and has been an ardent proponent and collaborator in the community composting movement in the United States. With a background in agroecology and permaculture, restoring ecological integrity to our local farm and food systems is at the heart of James’s work.
