The goal of the Master Composter Program was to teach a core group of individual citizens why and how to compost yard waste and how to pass their information on to other citizens, individually or in group settings. Volunteers committed to this program participated in 20 hours of formal instruction and performed 20 hours of community outreach to earn their certification. The training sessions were conducted in partnership with other state agencies, regional planning agencies, or cities. The Master Composter Training Manual, Master Composter Program Planning Guide, and Resource Notebook were distributed to all participants. By November 1995, these masters had trained another 3,951 citizens.
Several cities sign on The Edwards Aquifer in Texas.
Click on picture to see larger image. In the Centralized Compost Planning program, professionals responsible for planning and implementing waste management policies learned effective methods for setting up community composting plans. Participants were also provided with a Centralized Composting Planning Notebook and a Compost Information Kit, including posters and brochures and other informational resources. This program trained 95 people. The Urban Composting Project met or exceeded its original goals for the number of citizens trained and the production of project training materials.