[USCC] home composting ordinances

Kathy Powell Powellk at co.portage.wi.us
Wed Jun 17 11:53:13 CDT 2009 

In central Wisconsin home composting is either not mentioned in nuisance 
ordinances (but covered in general)  or it mentions that it should be 3-5 
ft from a property line. 

My experience in teaching home composting for the last 17 years,  that 
includes adding appropriate food scraps, is that a bin is indeed a good 
approach, especially in town.  There are commercial bins that work well 
for this, but there are numerous commercial and most home built bins that 
do not have lids or  latching lids and do not secure to the ground yet 
they still work fine.  So keeping home composting covered in a ordinance 
as a general nuisance with possibly  a property line separation, no meat 
and be sure to bury or cover food scraps should be practical and adequate 
to fit the real world. 

Kathy Powell - Education & Program Specialist
Recycling Connections Corp
600 Moore Rd
Plover  WI  54467
715-345-5972
kathy at recyclingconnections.org





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I would not recommend "excluding" home composting from anti-nuisance 
regulation. I've seen them infested with rats, a wood chuck, raccoon & 
opossum - that has all been in an urban environ. Instead, write the 
ordinance with home composting operational requirements that will help 
prevent nuisances from occurring. 

For yard materials composting: Max. size & location limitations (shouldn't 
be too close to residences or other structures that may be combustible). 

For food materials composting: Enclosed composting, secured tight to 
ground, latching lid, max remaining openings of 1/4 inch. Leaf layer on 
bottom & over each addition of food waste. No meat. Max. size & location.

Gretchen Wheat, P.E.
Water Resources Engineer, Runoff Management Section
Bureau of Watershed Management, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
phone:  (608) 264-6273; fax:  (608) 267-7664; e-mail: 
gretchen.wheat at wisconsin.gov
mailing address:  Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Box 7921, 
Madison, WI  53707-7921  Attention: Gretchen Wheat - WT/3

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We received an inquiry from a municipal lawyer about how to exclude and 
recognize  home composting from a municipal anti-nuisance regulation. 
Please send me any suggestions and examples and I will forward.

Thanks,

Cary

 

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