2333 NW Compost Sites - Biodegradable Products Institute

1 Composting Facilities Across the United States NatureWorks PLA certified by BPI as compostable. Composting is a new method of recovery for biopolymers with NatureWorks PLA will Compost in municipal/. like NatureWorks PLA, which are used to produce industrial facilities according to ISO, CEN, ASTM, everyday packaging and plastic consumer items. Derived BPI and DIN regulations. from annually renewable resources found in natural On the following pages is a select list of industrial or plant sugars, NatureWorks PLA offers a more municipal composting facilities in the United States. sustainable solution. NatureWorks PLA has been successfully composted Global regulatory guidelines and standards for composting at some of these facilities. Contact your local facility revolve around four basic criteria: material characteris- operator to set up a program to collect and Compost tics, biodegradation, disintegration and ecotoxicity your PLA stream.

2 Feel free to contact Cargill Dow for ( Compost quality). In the United States, all required technical assistance with NatureWorks PLA. testing data for NatureWorks PLA was independently For more information about NatureWorks PLA. reviewed by the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI). and its disposal options, please visit our Web for certification according to ASTM 6400-99. site at , or call NatureWorks PLA received listing on the BPI positive (877) 423-7659. list for compostable materials. End Products made NatureWorks and the NatureWorks logo are trademarks of Cargill Dow LLC GScorp 022803v1. Copyright 2003 Cargill Dow LLC. California, Oregon and Washington Composting Facilities Across the United States City Facility 152. 149 California 150 1 Gilroy Z-Best Composting 148 146. 2 Lamont Community Recycling Washington 147 3 Milpitas BFI Organics 145. 106. 105 107. 151 4 Modesto Grover Landscaping 104. 5 Thermal California Biomass 108 6 Vacaville Jepson Prairie Compost Facility Oregon 7 Victorville California Biomass 8 Modesto Gilton Resource Center 9 Oxnard Shoreline Organics 10 Folsom City of Folsom 12.

3 11 Lost Hills San Joaquin Composting 12 Covelo Cold Creek Composting Facility 10. 6 13 Fairfield Potrero Hills Landfill 13. 14 14 Richmond West Contra Costa County Landfill 1. 15 San Diego Miramar Landfill 4 8. 16 Spreckels Cranford Inc. 3. 16 California 17 Tulare Tulare County Compost 18 17. 11 18 Avenal Kochergan Farms 2. 9. Oregon 7. 104 Arlington Columbia Ridge Composting/ Waste Management 5. 105 Cornelius NW Environmental & Recycling 15. 106 North Plains East County Recycling/Nature's Needs 107 Hood River Columbia Ridge Organic Fruit Composting 108 Eugene Rexius Forest Byproducts Washington 145 Burbank Soil Life Systems 146 Colbert Spokane Regional Compost Facility 147 Pullman WSU/Pullman Compost Facility 148 Puyallup Compost Factory 149 Seattle Cedar Grove Composting Co. (Maple Grove). 150 Puyallup Land Recovery 151 Walla Walla Department of Corrections Maine Composting Facilities Across the United States City Facility 44 Jonesport Arnold Pearlman 45 Eliot Bartlett Farm Services 46 Gouldsboro Duerr Bros.

4 Landscaping 47 Penobscot King Farm 48 Scarborough Commercial Recycling Systems 49 Southwest Harbor Doug Gott & Sons 50 Arundel Dubois Livestock 51 Addison Elliott Batson 52 Southwest Harbor EMR Inc 53 Yarmouth Glowood Farm 54 Machias Guptill & Huntley Maine 55 Unity Hawk Ridge 61. 56 Rockland Interstate Septic Systems 67. 55. 46 54 57 Washington J&L Compost 59 49 44. 52 51 58 Gorham Kay-Ben Farm 68 47. 59 Thorndike Know Ridge Holstein Farm 57. 60. 60 Rockport Land & Sea Composting 56. 64 61 Dexter Mid Maine Solid Waste Assoc. 62. 63 66 62 Harpswell Paul Prosser 53. 63 Portland Regional Waste Systems 58. 64 West Bath Rid 48. 65 Lyman St. Onge Farm 50. 65. 66 Newcastle Straws Farm 45. 67 Bangor Univ. Of Maine 68 Steven Russell Winslow Texas Composting Facilities Across the United States City Facility 121 Austin Texas Organics Products 122 Big Spring City of Big Spring 123 Conroe Nature's Way Resources 124 Silver Creek Materials 125 Plano City of Plano Solid Waste 126 San Antonio Gardenville Fertilizer Co.

5 127 Wichita Falls City of Wichita Falls 128 Austin Living Earth Technology 129 Austin J-V Dirt 127. 125. 124. 122. Texas 121 128. 129 123. 126. Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin Composting Facilities Across the United States City Facility Iowa 75? 22 Cedar Rapids Blue Stem Solid Waste Authority 23 Eddyville Chamness Tech. 24 Ida Grove Conover's Vermicomposting 72. 25 Ida Grove Krager's Vermicomposting Minnesota 26 Odebolt Drakes Vermicomposting 76 153. 27 Swisher D&D Ranch 73. 71 28 Fort Madison Lee County/Great River Regional 70. Wisconsin 29 Fairfield Maharishi School 69. 74 Minnesota 69 Mankato Southern Minn. Compost 24 154 70 Hutchinson City of Hutchinson 26. 25. 22. 71 St. Paul SKB Environmental Iowa 72 Duluth Howard Waste/. 27. Western Lake Superior Sanitation 23. 29 73 Benson Swift County Recycling Center 28. 74 Truman PrairieLand MSW Composting Facility 75 Lake of the Woods 76 Cold Spring Mississippi Topsoils Wisconsin 153 Rhinelander Oneida County SWD.

6 154 Bristol Pheasant Run New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania Composting Facilities Across the United States City Facility New Jersey 93 Wrightstown Woodhue New York 94 Millerton McEnroe Organic Farm 95 Albany Capital Compost 96 Gansevoort Casella Waste Mgt. 97 Springfield CTI Agri-Cycle 98 Chenango Long Acre Farms 99 Nedrow Toad Hollow Farms 100 Oswego Oswego County DSW. 101 Clarence Kreher's Poultry Farms Ohio 102 Huron Barnes Nursery 103 S. Charleston Garick Corporation (Paygro). Pennsylvania 108 Tremont Natural Soil Products 109 Washington Cty AgRecycle 100 96. 95. 99 97. 101 New York 98 94. New Jersey 102 Pennsylvania 108. 93. 109. Ohio 103. New Hampshire & Vermont Composting Facilities Across the United States City Facility Vermont 130 Arlington Fierce Bad Rabbit Farm 131 Burlington Intervale Foundation 132 Craftsbury The Highfields Institute , Ltd. 132. 144 133 Lyndonville Northeast Kingdom Waste 133 Management District 131.

7 142 137 134 Middlebury Addison County Solid Waste District 141. 135 Middlebury Middlebury College 135. Vermont 136 Middlebury Vermont Natural Ag. Products , Inc. 134. 136. 143 137 Montpelier Vermont Compost Company 89. 139 138 Rutland Maple Sugar Farm/Rutland SWA. 138. 140 New Hampshire 139 Rutland Casella (Waste ) Coventry Landfill 88 140 Rutland Rutland Solid Waste District 92. 91 141 Vergennes Rainbow Acres Greenhouse 90. 130 142 East Hartwick Delarichilliere Farms 143 Middlebury Vermont Natural Ag. 144 Johnson Johnson State College New Hampshire 88 Fremont Sea Coast Farms Compost 89 Hanover New England Organics (Casella Waste Systems). 90 Keene Keene Transfer Station (City of Keene). 91 Nashua PK's Nursery & Nature's Soil 92 Peterborough Town of Peterborough Connecticut & Massachusetts Composting Facilities Across the United States 40. 32 39. Massachusetts 38 34. 36 42 37. 30 41. 33. 43. 31. 35. Connecticut 19. City Facility Connecticut 19 New Milford New Milford Farms Massachusetts 30 Dalton Holiday Farms 31 Forestdale Watts Family Farm 32 Greenfield Martins Farm 33 Hampden Scenic Valley Farm 34 Marlbough Bedminster/Marlborough 35 Nantucket Waste Options 36 Northhampton Smith Vocational School Farm 37 Plymouth Plymouth Reprocessing 38 Tauton Recycle Away Group 39 Bolton Agracomp 40 Hamilton Brick Ends Farm 41 Wrentham Groundscapes Express 42 Plainville Lorusso Compost Site 43 Springfield Cover Technologies Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee Composting Facilities Across the United States City Facility Georgia 20 Athens Creative Earth 21 Atlanta East Lake Farm 85.

8 112 82 North Carolina North Carolina 116 83. 113 117118 119 120 78 84. 77 Candler Mountain Organic Materials 111. 115 77 80 81 86. 114 87. 79 78 Goldston Brooks Contractor Tennessee 110. 79 Rose Hill McGill Environmental Systems South 20 Carolina 80 Fairview East Coast Compost 21. 81 Charlotte UNC Charlotte Georgia 82 Greensboro UNC Greensboro 83 Princeton Rondeli Recycling 84 Appalachia State Univ. 85 Tillery Caledonia CI. 86 Clinton Sampson CI. 87 Polkton Brown Creek CI. South Carolina 110 Rock Hill City of Rock Hill Tennessee 111 Sevierville Sevier Solid Waste Inc. 112 Blountville Superior Mulch LLC. 113 Nashville The Mulch Co. 114 Franklin Franklin County 115 Nashville Queens Tree Surg. Compost 116 Treadway Cooperidge Wood Products 117 Nashville Davidson Co. Compost Facility 118 Gallatin Sumner County Res Auth/. Rasco Composting (2 Sites ). 119 Powell Hines Fine Soils 120 Knoxville Knoxville Solid Waste Authority