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The Cornell Waste Management Institute (CWMI) is a program in the Soil and Crop Sciences Section, School of Integrative Plant Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. CWMI serves the public through research, outreach, training, and technical assistance, with a focus on organic residuals.
 
  The principles on which CWMI rests are:
  • identifying critical needs through working with stakeholders;
  • building on the strengths of Cornell--its faculty and staff;
  • teamwork and collaboration including on and off-campus colleagues and stakeholders;
  • a focus on multidisciplinary work; and
  • integration of research and outreach.

Link to e-Commons for all of CWMI's material 

 
Compost -Spread it Around Sticker  Take this pdf somewhere and get it printed on adhesive paper or as a magnet and put it on your vehicle. Let's spread compost around!     
CWMI NEWS  

Recently translated to Spanish:  Reutilización Natural: Compostaje de Aves de Producción Muertas (Natural Rendering: Composting Poultry Mortality) Spanish (available as both a pdf and pptx) and English (pdf and ppt)

New Video and Poster available:  Organic Circularity: From Crop Waste to Compost. On eCommons or on YouTube.  The poster and the video both describe how crop waste can be used to create compost to grow more crops, hence improving soil and contributing to a circular economy.

Deadline Extended: Abstracts for the 2026 NYS Organics Summit  (April 14-16 in Syracuse, NY) are due by Friday, November 7th. Please use this online form for submissions.   

Animal Mortality Composting Demo November 6, 10 am - 12 pm, Phillips Family Farm, North Collins, NY. Click here for more information This event is free. Registration is required.

36th Annual NYSAR3 Conference and Trade Show: Register now.  The conference takes place at the Otesaga Resort in Cooperstown, NY November 12-14.  W4R (Women in Recycling, Reduction, Reuse and Rethinking Strategies) is the Spotlight for the NYSAR3 Pre-Conference Day followed by a day and a half of presentations, exhibits and awards.   

USCC Compost 2026 Conference. February 2-5, 2026, Sacramento, CA. To increase access to COMPOST2026 for as many members of the composting industry as possible, USCC  is offering scholarships of up to $1,500. Apply by November 15.

TerraCon 2026: The 3rd Annual Terramation Conference will take place February 3–4, 2026, in Tacoma, Washington. Register here. 

Call for Papers. The International Symposium on Animal Mortality Management.  Please submit abstracts by January 20, 2026. The conference will take place   June 29 - July 2, 2026 in Stevens Point, WI. Sponsor opportunites can be found here.

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Soil and Crop Sciences Section
817 Bradfield Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-255-1187 • cwmi@cornell.edu

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