CCE-Tompkins logo Youth with plant Financial Management Workshop Youth planting tree Youth cooking Local Farmers' Market
spacer Calendar of Events Have a question? Current Issues Our Programs Contact a staff member Employment Opportunities
Cornell University

Compost Education Program
of
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County

Funded by
Tompkins County Solid Waste Management Division


The Compost Education Program supports the goals of the Solid Waste Management Division by reducing the amount of compostable materials handled by the County, thereby reducing the cost of their operations to the taxpayer. This mission is achieved by training and supporting community volunteers to educate and enthuse the public about the benefits and methods of composting.

Master Composter Program
2008 training dates: Thursday evenings, 6:30 - 8:30 pm from Feb. 14 - May 1 (no class Mar. 20). Application Deadline: Friday, Feb. 1.

Composting Classes
Find out what is currently offered.

"Rotline" Service
Got a compost question and live in or near Tompkins County, NY?
Upcoming Community Events
Description of events where you will see the composting education booth.

Get on the Map! (The COMPOST Map) Wall-size map of Tompkins County with thousands of dots representing known home, business & large-scale sites...

"Trouble-Free" Home Composting Factsheets
Download some of our unique and most popular "how-to" composting factsheets.

* * * Other Sites of Interest * * *

The Tompkins County Solid Waste Management Division (TCSWMD) has a new website.
Click on the following link to leave our site and go there: www.recycletompkins.org

In their efforts to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle AND Rebuy, TCSWMD - in partnership
with Sustainable Tompkins - have launched "Finger Lakes Buy Green."
Click on the following link to leave our site and go there: www.fingerlakesbuygreen.org

 

Cornell University : Cornell Cooperative Extension : Tompkins County : Programs : Compost
Address: 615 Willow Ave; Phone: 607-272-2292; FAX: 607-272-7088; Email: tompkins@cornell.edu

Last Updated: December 31, 2007
Contact: Adam Michaelides