COMPOSTING

Maine Compost Team-Formed in 1990 to help address a rapid rise in interest surrounding recycling of organics, the Maine Compost Team was developed to help coordinate information dissemination from several state agencies who were all dealing with composting issues at varying levels. Richard Verville, an Extension Professor, with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service, saw the value in having a "one-stop shopping" experience and reached out to the following state agencies: Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Maine Department of Agriculture, and Maine State Planning Office (dismantled in 2012 and distributed among other State Departments), to see if there was interest in combining forces... Maine Compost School-Founded In 1997, the Maine Compost School was formed to help address an industry need that seemed unfulfilled-simply put, people wanted to compost, but they didn't have the knowledge base necessary to help them be successful at it. This became obvious to..