Organic Materials Management

Resources

This page provides links to external and Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) organics resources. Identification of individuals, companies, or organizations on this list does not constitute endorsement by CalRecycle. This list should not be considered comprehensive.

• Composting
• Erosion Control
• Farming
• Food Scraps Management
• Organics Toolbox
• Pests/Threats
• Turf/Landscape Management
• Vermicomposting
• Water Efficient Landscaping Resources
• Wood Waste

Composting

Associations

• California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting waste reduction, reuse, recycling, pollution prevention, and composting. CRRA works to expand markets for recycled materials, promote sustainable materials policies, and provide a clearinghouse for information, innovation, industry and government initiatives.

• Northern California Recycling Association is a nonprofit organization that promotes waste reduction, reuse, salvaging, recycling, and composting as vital tools for resources and energy conservation and as cost-effective, environmentally sound methods of disposing of discarded materials.

• U.S. Composting Council is a national, nonprofit trade and professional organization promoting recycling of organic materials through composting.

Compost Tea

BioCycle Magazine Reprints: Compost Teas and Compost Microbiology

• "Understanding Compost Tea"
  Vicki Bess, BioCycle, October 2000

• "Time for (Compost) Tea in the Northwest"
  Adrienne Touart, BioCycle, October 2000

• "Brewing Compost Tea"
  Elaine Ingham; A Kitchen Gardener reprint

• "Brewing Up Solutions To Pest Problems"
  Lisa Wickland, Todd Murray and Joyce Jimerson, BioCycle, March 2001

• "Evaluating Microbiology of Compost"
  Vicki Bess, BioCycle, May 1999

• "Using Compost To Control Plant Diseases"
  Tom De Ceuster and Harry Hoitink, BioCycle, June 1999

Compost Microbiology

• Compost Microbiology and the Soil Food Web
  California Integrated Waste Management Board (now known as the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery)

• Information Bulletin No. 9, Winter 2001 (PDF, 1.9 MB)
  Organic Farming Research Foundation

• Organic Teas from Composts and Manures (PDF, 3.5 MB)
  Richard Merrill, OFRF Grant Report 97–40

• Bio-Integral Resource Center (BIRC)

Research Reports

• Peach Brown Rot Study at Woodleaf Farm, Oroville, CA (PDF, 2.9 MB)
  Carl Rosato; OFRF on-farm research report

• Compost Tea Trials Final Report (PDF, 712 KB)
  Submitted to Office of Environmental Management, City of Seattle.
  Cascadia Consulting Group, March 8, 2001

• Alternatives for Use & Management of "Compost Tea"
  Clean Washington Center

• Evaluation and Prioritization of Compost Facility Runoff Management Methods (PDF, 2 MB)
  Clean Washington Center

• Evaluation of Compost "Tea" for Reuse Opportunities (1997 & 1998)
  Clean Washington Center

• Evaluation of Compost Facility Runoff for Beneficial Reuse, Phase 2 (PDF, 114 KB)
  Clean Washington Center

Educational Sites

• Cornell University--Composting
• University of California--Guide to Healthy Lawns
• Wagle-Composters
• Compost! Master Composter Home Composting
• Soil Food Web
• The Earth Project

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