Free On-Site Tour of Lamoille Soil Composting Facility

941 Wilson Road,Johnson VT 05656

05 May, 2022

Description

Join us for a Free onsite tour of our Lamoille Soil Composting Facility, where all of the food scraps collected by the LRSWMD are composted! Join us for a free onsite tour of our Lamoille Soil Composting Facility, where all of the food scraps collected by the Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District (LRSWMD) are processed. Lamoille Soil, built on a long-dormant biosolids composting facility, opened to the public in 2017. In 2021, we processed 25,500 buckets (290 tons) of food scraps, preventing the equivalent of 25 metric carbon ton equivalents of CO2 from entering the atmosphere, and we sold 130 cubic yards of compost back to the community to improve our local soil. This tour will cover the end-to-end process at our site, including a discussion of challenges, successes, and lessons learned over our almost 5 years of operations. This will be an interactive tour - so be sure to come with your questions! ~~ This event is part of the 2022 Vermont Organics Recycling Summit (VORS), organized by the Composting Association of Vermont and held in conjunction with International Compost Awareness Week. This year, VORS is celebrating the value of compost and organics recycling, and the many ways it supports regenerative agriculture, the health of the environment, the people, and the economy. Session topics include on-farm composting, infrastructure, organics diversion, different technologies, inspiring the next generation, and more!