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North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service

Backyard Composting

Information provided by
NC State University
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
Rhonda Sherman, Extension Solid Waste Specialist
Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Box 7625, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625
Phone: (919) 515-6770, Fax: (919) 515-6772 E-mail: rhonda_sherman@ncsu.edu, Web site: http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/people/faculty/sherman
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/topic/vermicomposting/composting/backyard/

Building Your Own Composting Bin: Designs for Your Community (California Integrated Waste Management Board, Pub. No. 442-95-054, Rev. 6/06, 27 pp.).

Community Backyard Composting Programs Can Reduce Waste & Save Money (Sherman, R., NC Cooperative Extension Service, AG-599, 3/00, 12 pp.).

Composting: A Guide to Managing Organic Yard Wastes (NC Cooperative Extension Service, AG-467, 7/92, 8 pp).

Composting: "Microbe Farming" (Sherman, R. Composting News - 7/09).

Create Your Own Compost Pile (US EPA's Backyard Composting Site)

Florida Backyard Composting Tutorial and Information Website (Florida's Online Composting Center)

Small Scale or Backyard Composting (Cornell Waste Management Institute)