Download PDF of Vermont Food Scraps 2009
The Potential Food Scrap Generation Map illustrates the estimated food scraps generated by town. The information for this map came from a project to provide information to support statewide composting efforts and to help in determining the feasibility of building a methane digester at Vermont Technical College. Food scraps when added to manure in a digester can boost the amount of methane generated by 80 percent.
Composting is the most effective way to improve our soil’s well being. In addition new research indicates three years of applying compost on farm fields can reduce the long-term need for fertilizer and may reduce phosphorus and nitrogen runoff. San Francisco initiated a mandatory food scrap collection program for all residents. In Ontario, over five cities now have mandatory food scrap collection.
To get more information regarding Vermont’s compost and biogas information visit the Vermont Compost / Biogas Data Viewer at: http://organics.stone-env.com/VTCompostBiogas/bin-release/index.html. To learn more about the Vermont’s renewable energy resources visit Renewal Energy Vermont at: www.revermont.org. To learn more about composting at Highfields Composting Center and their Close the Loop program visit them at: http://www.highfieldscomposting.org/
Map prepared by David Healy, Stone Environmental Inc., Montpelier VT 05602, dhealy@stone-env.com.
