Partnering to Reach Specifiers

The US Composting Council is pleased to support the Michigan Recycling Coalition/Michigan Organics Council (MOC)’s application for the EGLE Recycling Market Development Grant. The MOC’s project is titled Landscape for the Lakes.

The Landscape for the Lakes campaign aims to increase the diversion of organics to compost manufacturing in Michigan by promoting the use of organics end products to targeted industries, and providing technical information about compost application to meet specified needs. With this grant, the MOC would build understanding about the opportunities and benefits of compost use by promoting existing and developing new industry-specific tools for Michigan. The Michigan Recycling Coalition/Michigan Organics Council Michigan Chapter plans to use champions and local experts to share information and resources within targeted industries. The MOC also shares the USCC’s goals of bringing on more composters in Michigan that manufacture compost products that are Seal of Testing Assurance (STA) certified.

The USCC shares these same goals and has developed end market resources for members and state chapters to use and distribute in order to support the composting industry nationwide. Our resources have resulted from over thirty years of industry experience and we are proud to have our state chapters, such as the MOC, as a partner to promote the use of compost to benefit the soil, control erosion, and build green stormwater infrastructure. The US Composting Council is proud to have created resources that help in grant applications such as this one. The USCC continuously improves and adds to resources we offer in support of the compost industry.

• Compost Use Information
• Videos of Compost Use
• Brochures of Compost Use
• Specifications for Compost Use
  • Department of Transportations
  • Turf, Planting Bed Establishment, Backfill, Mulch, Soil Blanket, Filter Berm
  • Lawns, Flowers, Vegetables, Trees, Shrubs
  • Strive for 5% organic matter
• Seal of Testing Assurance (STA) Certified Compost program

If your organization is interested in partnering to reach out to specifiers, please contact Hilary Nichols, USCC Market Development Coordinator.