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2020 Solid Waste and Moderate <br />Risk Waste Management Plan Update <br /> <br />AX0304191054PDX 4-17 <br /> Train volunteers in the “Master Composter” program for outreach to fellow residents. <br /> Provide coupons to offset purchase price of compost bins at local stores or support a discounted bin <br />distribution event (only if funding/grants are available). <br /> Offer worm composting workshops for elementary school students. <br /> Expand Master Composter Workshops to provide in-depth information on home composting methods. <br />The amount of training provided could be increased from 15 hours to 40 hours, and the volunteer <br />service requirement to teach other Kittitas County residents should be increased. Different methods <br />for home composting of food scraps should include worm bin composting, green cone composting <br />and other commercially available or homemade designs that are adequately pest-resistant. <br />4.4.4.2 Compost Facility <br /> Complete design, build, and begin operating the new compost facility utilizing aerated static pile <br />composting. <br /> Encourage the development of privately-run compost facilities in the County that could accept a wider <br />range of materials than the County facility. <br />4.4.4.3 Vermicomposting <br /> Continue to include worm composting as a topic in composting workshops. <br /> Recruit local schools or facilities to implement small-scale pilot composting projects. <br /> Evaluate the potential for large-scale commercial vermicomposting facility in-County. <br />4.4.4.4 Residential Yard Waste Programs <br /> Continue existing green waste collection programs, both curbside and drop-off. <br /> Evaluate the potential of increasing curbside service to more customers in the other cities and <br />unincorporated areas of the County. <br /> Promote how and why to segregate yard waste on the county website and through other promotional <br />materials in order to divert organics from the waste stream and comply with apple maggot quarantine <br />rules. <br />4.4.4.5 Commercial Collection of Organics <br />Conduct a feasibility study to evaluate collection and private processing of preconsumer food waste. If <br />deemed feasible and a private processor can be established, initiate preconsumer food waste collection <br />for targeted industries, including restaurants, grocery stores, schools, hospitals, and food processing <br />operations. The composting facility’s current permit allows for the inclusion of preconsumer vegetable <br />trimmings from grocery stores without requiring a modification to the permit. <br />4.4.4.6 Marketing of Finished Compost Products <br />Evaluate the marketing of finished compost created at the facility as an additional revenue source. Focus <br />on potential markets in central Washington including the rapidly growing wine industry. <br />4.4.4.7 Tiered Rate Structure for Organics <br /> Review the current reduced transfer station tipping fee for green waste to ensure that it provides an <br />adequate incentive for source separation of green waste and clean wood waste. <br /> Implement a stricter policy regarding delivery of contaminated green waste to the transfer stations. <br />Contaminated green waste would be charged the higher garbage rate and haulers would need to be <br />educated on proper source separation. i) . I ,