Municipal Food Waste Collections at Transfer Stations in Franklin County: 3 different models

1. Municipal Food Waste Collections at Transfer Stations in Franklin County: 3 Different Models Amy Donovan Program Director Franklin County Solid Waste Management District Greenfield, MA

7. Pioneer Valley: Location, Location, Location!

9. Whately Transfer Station

10. Windrows Bear Path Farm, Whately, MA

11. Bear Path Farm, Whately, MA Winter windrows - active Bear Path Farm, Whately, MA Winter windrows - older Turning the windrows

12. School food waste being mixed in. The mix is: bedding + manure + bedding + manure / food waste + bedding + manure + bedding + manure + bedding. Total of nine 2+ cubic yard buckets. These items are then mixed in place and then transported to a windrow.

15. Northfield Transfer Station: 2 yd dumpster

16. Martin’s Farm in Greenfield accepts compost from schools: Pioneer HS, Northfield, Bernardston, Deerfield, Erving, Sunderland, Granby, Amherst, more.. and markets: Big Y stores, Greenfield Stop & Shop, McCusker’s, Greenfields Market plus Shelburne Falls Compost Collaborative, more… Windrow turner at Martin’s Farm

17. PR: front page article the week program started

18. Collection Bucket, Metal Sign

21. New Salem Transfer Station: 20 gal barrels

22. Clear View Composting Orange, MA