1. Composting:
Easy as Dirt!

2. Are you making the most of your trash? 23% is compostable.

3. What is composting?
Managed decomposition
Produces a useable product

4. Buffet bar for nature’s composters
Decomposers
Carbon
Nitrogen
Moisture
Air

5. Feedstock
Brown (Carbon) + Green (Nitrogen)

6. Basic Techniques Build the pile Turn the Pile Monitor the pile
Add food
Add activators
Cover food
Turn the Pile
Poke
Monitor the pile
Check moisture
Check temperature

7. Basic Composting Forms
Piles
Batches

8. Open Piles, Sheet or Site Composting

9. Contained Pile Earth Machine from Metro Nashville
Beautification sales at Omohundro
Omohundro backyard composting demo site
Earth Machine from Metro Nashville

10. Batch Composters

11. Where can I put a compost bin?

12. Is the temperature fluctuating? What does it look like?
Are we done yet?
Is the temperature fluctuating?
What does it look like?
How does it smell?

13. What do you get? Mulch is mulch. Potting soil is potting soil.
Mix with water for quick compost tea.

14. Special Community Projects
Schools
Community Gardens
Therapy

15. Lockeland Elementary School K-4th Grade Composting Program

16. Lockeland Elementary School K-4th Grade Composting Program

17. Eakin Elementary School – Compost Collection Bin

18. Cafeteria Food Waste in an Earth Machine Bin

19. Not Just Fun in the Sun

20. Worm Compost Bins

21. Community Outreach, Education, & Therapy
East Nashville Ministries Community Gardens
Park Center
Master Composter Class

22. Metro Public Works www.nashville.gov/beautification
Click on “Backyard Composting”
How to publications
Compost supplies available at cost
Earth Machine $45
Green Cone $100
Thermometer $10
Kitchen Collection Bucket $10

23. Metro Beautification & Environment Commission
Jeffrey Ezell
Metro Beautification & Environment Commission