1. Milwaukee Community Compost Network Our Mission: To Educate businesses and residents to recycle their vegetable and fruit scraps at home or at one of our many community compost sites. The soil generated aids in the food production of local farms, community gardens, and home victory gardens. The Kompost Kids: We are a group of volunteers, businesses, and consumers working hard to create a decentralized composting operation that helps urban agriculture have access to high quality, clean soil for the purpose of growing sustainable GOOD FOOD, while turning waste in black gold (aka, soil). This is a volunteer run operation and we invite you to participate in the production of soil, not oil. Currently, we are composting a two main locations, Concordia Gardens, Sweet Water Organics, and Bay View Hide House Community Garden.

2. Why is Composting Important? Food Scraps 34 million tons of food waste in 2009 14% of total landfill waste stream # 3 waste stream in landfill # 1 & #2 Waste Stream in Landfill = Paper & Yard Waste TOP 3 WASTE STREAMS ARE COMPOSTABLE!

3. How MCCN Can Help Residential Composting Residents take their compostables to a local community compost pile or drop off site Drop off sites can include farmers markets, community gardens, and local businesses Business Composting Kompost Kids pick-up from businesses by community compost piles Some businesses pay to have pick-ups and to show support of composting

4. Contact MCCN Facebook: Milwaukee Community Compost Network Melissa Tashjian Director of MCCN Mtash34@yahoo.com 773-383-9279