Home Composting Program Reduces Landfill Costs

Authors

• Barbara Morales, University of Idaho Cooperative Extension SystemFollow

Volume

33

Issue

4

Abstract

An interagency team consisting of two University of Idaho Extension Educators and the consumer educator for a regional landfill worked together to design, promote, and deliver a home composting program that included distribution of 900 compost bin kits. The program was aimed at residents of a six county area in Southern Idaho which joined forces to build a new Subtitle D Landfill. Results in a follow-up survey of participants indicated that 2.8 cubic yards of waste per compost bin was diverted from the landfill. By reducing the amount of waste hauled, avoided costs for hauling over a one year period will be $51,975.

Recommended Citation

Morales, B. (1995). Home Composting Program Reduces Landfill Costs. Journal of Extension, 33(4), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.66752/1077-5315.7429