Northern Vermont Composting Partnership
The Northern Vermont Composting Partnership is a joint project of The Highfields Institute, the Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District, and the Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District. The program is funded through a generous USDA Rural Development grant. The overall goal of the program is to develop an economically sustainable food waste recycling program model for rural areas. We are working with schools and businesses in the towns of Cabot, Danville, Walden, Greensboro and Hardwick, Vermont to divert food waste from restaurants and cafeterias and bring it to The Highfields Institutes’ West Hill Farm Compost Demonstration and Research Site to be processed
Through participation in the program schools and businesses help keep a valuable resource out of landfills, where it contributes to leachate and greenhouse gasses and takes up crucial space. When composted the abundant nutrients and organic matter in food waste are captured and applied to agricultural purposes where those nutrients help build and conserve healthy soils.
Read more:
Understanding Solid Waste Contracts
Incentives Package for Schools
Incentives Package for Businesses
Program Partners: |
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The Highfields Institute
P.O. Box 503
Hardwick, VT 05843
802-472-5138 |
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Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District
31 Church Street
Lyndonville, VT 05851
802-626-3532 or
800-734-4602
nekwmd.org |
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Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District
137 Barre Street, Montpelier, VT 05602
802-229-9383 or
800-730-9475
cvswmd.org |
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