SUMMARY

In October 2003, Cornell Waste Management Institute completed a survey of Cornell Cooperative Extension offices, and New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling, Inc. (NYSAR) members across New York State.  The objective of this survey was to measure the abundance and availability of home composting resources to the general public.  55 responses were received, and from those, the following information was compiled.

QUESTIONS

q 1

Is CCE in your community involved in compost education?  y/n

q2

Is there a home scale compost demo site in your community? y/n

q2

Where?

q3

Have compost container sales or give-aways been done in your community in the past several years? y/n

q4

If yes, are containers available continuously or was this a one-time or sporadic event?

q5

Name of community

q6

If yes, who was the sponsoring agency or group?

q7

Was CCE involved? y/n

q8

If yes, in what capacity?

q9

What was the cost share arrangement with the company?

q10

What was the cost to the consumer?

q11

Was there an education program that was offered? y/n

q12

If yes, by whom?

q13

List other communities that you think have had re cent container sale/giveaway programs

q14

Can we contact you for more information?

DATASET

Home Compost Educational Program Survey - October 2003

Information on home composting programs was gathered in October 2003 (see questions below), by sending a survey to Cornell Cooperative Extension educators in 57 NYS counties and NYC and posting the form on the CWMI web site.

form #

q1 yes

q1no

q2 yes

q2 no

q2 where

q3 yes

q3 no

q4 If yes

q5 community

q6 agency

q7 yes

q7 no

q8 what capacity

q9 $share

q10 $ to cons

q11 yes

q11 no

q12 by whom

q13 communities

q14 yes

q14 no

1

y

y

cce rockland letchworh village

y

sporadic

Thiells/Stony Point/Pomona

cce

y

seminars/training & bin supplier

0

y

cce

?

2

y

y

not sure

y

not sure

cayuga co

y

y

y

3

y

y

cce

n

y

4

y

y

at my home when I offer classes

n

individuals contact her where they can get containers

keene in essex co

n

n

0

38

y

goodwin

don't know

y

5

y

n

not that I know of

n

y

6

y

y

letchworth & genesee co parks

y

one time

warsaw, ny

serve on advisory board & make recommen

7

y

y

revolving-next one tifft nature preserve

sporadic

erie co

norse plastics

n

0

35

y

erie dpw, cce

city of buffalo

y

8

y

y

cce demo garden

n

y

9

y

n

n

y

10

y

y

belmont boces center

y

available to workshop participants

allegany co

allegany co, dpw, cce

y

provide educational  wkshps,facility & advertising

dpw bought units & subsidized cost

25

y

cce

y

11

n

n

n

spencer

tompkins co

y

12

n

y

beaver meadows

y

sporadic

glow

y

customer paid

35

y

glow

genesee & livingston co

n

13

y

y

several locations

y

continuously

tompkins co

tompkins co solid waste

y

special events sales

0

35

y

tompkins co, cce

y

14

y

y

roger's consv ctr, sherburn ny

y

yearly event

norwich

cce

y

they held the sale

35

y

cce

none that I know of

y

15

y

y

cce

y

continuously until supplies last

cayuga co

cce, swcd

y

promotion. Supplied an americorps member dev backyard composting ppt

swcd-bins; cce-promo, wksp-small % of bins

10

y

swcd, cce

counties nearby have similar prog

y

16

y

y

stoneykill environ ctr

y

annual event

dutches co

dcrra this yr, emc in past

y

assisted in program

0

35

n

detailed brochure

ulster co resource recovery

y

17

y

n

y

one time

ontario co

cce

y

sponsor & organizer

32

35

y

cce master gardeners

y

18

y

y

cce

y

periodic event-not in last 2 yrs due to low sales

greater binghamton area

cce, broome co div sw

y

education, publicity, bin ordering & distrib

25-55

25-55

y

cce

y

19

n

n

n

n

y

allen, master gardeners

y

20

y

y

muscoot farm, county park

y

one day event yearly

moves from place to place yrly

westchester co def, league of women voters

y

education

company sold units

15-35

y

cce

nyc, dutchess co

y

21

y

n

n

y

22

y

y

rockland co swma, cce

y

on going

rockland co

rockland co swma

y

education program coordination & delivery

rockland co swma-100%, dec reimburses 50%

0

y

cce

nyc botanical garden, bronx green-up

y

23

y

y

queens botanical garden

y

both until the program was eliminated 7/02

queens

nycdos

n

nycdos

20

y

staff & master composters

maybe nybg

y

24

y

y

to be built by glow @ 4h fairgrounds

n

y

25

y

n

n

y

mather(master gardener&composter)

y

26

n

n

n

albany

y

27

n

n

y

sporadic

homer, ny

high school environmental class

n

0

n

y

28

y

n

n

y

29

y

y

cce

n

town of bethlehem

y

diligent (cce)

30

n

y

sporadic

onondaga co

ocrra

n

provided advertising support

35

y

ocrra

y

31

y

n

y

one time/sporadic

wayne co

wfla

n

0

35

y

wfla

glow

y

32

n

n

n

greene co

y

33

y

y

cce, ithaca community gardens, 4h acres

y

continuously

tompkins co

cce, tompkins co swmd, garden/hardware stores

y

with accompanying education program

cce: buy wire & turn into bins

14-30

y

cce compost education dept

schuyler & broome counties

y

34

y

y

community gardens (rte 13)

y

y

35

y

n

n

y

36

y

y

genesee & letchworth st pks,beaver meadows audubon ctr,orleans co fairgrnds

y

once a year

genesee,livingston, orleans, wy

glow solid waste mgmt committee

n

none except advertising residents pd for cost of composter

37.8

n

erie and allegany counties

y

37

n

n

y

one time

brooklyn

nycdos

n

n

y

38

y

n

y

continuously through the dpw

saratoga springs

dpw, city council

n

unknown

n

n see comments

39

y

annual events in april

ulster co

ucrra

n

norseman plastics rec'd all $

35

y

ucrra

dutchess co

n

40

y

n

n

y

41

y

n

not sure

n

y

42

y

n

n

y

43

y

y

next to our gardens

y

one time

genesee co

glow solid waste mgmt committee

n

35

n

genesee,livingston,orleans,wy counties

y

44

y

y

genesee co interpretive ctr

n

y

45

n

n

n

n

nothing nearby that we know of

y

46

y

y

roger's consv ctr, sherburn ny

y

annual or every other yr sale

chenango co

chenango co & cce

y

1st yr we did adverting & handled orders, following sales we have done all compost wrkshps

0

37.8

y

chenango go master gardeners

broome & cayuga cce

y

47

n

n

n

n

y

48

y

n

y

one time, sporadic

onondaga co

ocrra

n

75%

25

n

n

49

y

n

n

50

n

n

n

n

51

n

n

n

n

n

none known

y

52

y

y

in process of setting one up in demo gardens & at oneida herkimer swa

y

sporadic

new hartford

oneida-herkimer swa & cce

y

volunteers helped in sales & gave out fact sheet

from previous sales 5 yrs ago

38

n

new hartford town

y

53

y

y

cce albany

n

54

y

n

y

once a year in the spring

town of southampton

town of southampton

y

they provide compost wkshps until town hired an educator

0

40

y

cce & southampton town recycling off

y

55

y

y

cce albany

n

y

total

42

11

30

24

28

26

15

15

23

11

45

5