SHWEC MASTER COMPOSTER PROGRAM

Handouts for use during Workshops

Compost Basics*

What can be composted*

Fast Track Compost*

Troubleshooting compost*

Uses for compost

Common Backyard Composting: Questions & Answers

Home Composting Resources

Landscape Choices to Reduce Yardwaste

Herbicides to avoid in your compost

Burn Barrels: They're Unhealthy, Unneighborly, Unnecessary and Illegal

The Health Hazards of Burning Leaves

Note: Links marked with a * are typically used as one handout. Inorder to make it easier to download the handout has been divided into four files.

Wisconsin DNR Publications

Home Composting: Reap a Heap of Benefits (DNR Pub WA-072)

Yard Care: Do Your Share (DNR Pub WA-073)

DNR publications can be ordered in bulk by contacting the DNR Waste Bureau directly at (608) 266-2111