Transcript Master Composter Program

Master Composter Program
Beneficial for your community!
What is RCM’s Master
Composter Training Program?
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Free train-the-trainer course on
composting
Requirement to complete 30 hours of
volunteer time in the community over a
two year period
18-hour course (for outside Winnipeg)
Similar courses worldwide
RCM’s Master Composter Courses
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Manitoba: Since 2004, RCM has
offered 7 Master Composter courses
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4 in Winnipeg
3 outside Winnipeg (2007) – pilot project
over 70 Master Composters trained
over 2000 volunteer hours!
Benefits for the Municipalities
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Crew of committed volunteers working for
you by educating others on composting!
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15 participants x 30 hours = 450 hours!
Increase composting in your community
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Organic waste diversion
Methane and biogas reduction
Money savings
Who can become a Master Composter?
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Anyone who wants to
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learn about composting
promote composting
Beginners are welcome
RCM’s Master Composter
delivery services:
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Organize course logistics
Advertise
Select participants
Prepare course materials
Deliver the course
Support volunteer network
Course activities
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Learn advanced composting and
outreach skills
In-class presentations, group
discussions, practical activities, games,
videos
Tour of a local waste initiative
Exam
Course curriculum
Compost Education includes:
 Benefits of composting
 Troubleshooting
 Bin types and methods
 Simplified science: biology of the
compost pile, compost and plant health
 Vermicomposting
 Grasscycling
 And much more…
Course curriculum
Outreach education
 How to set-up a demo-site, school
programs, bin sale etc…
 Presentations skills
Steinbach Master Composter Class
Steinbach’s composting site tour
Certified Master Composters
Participants receive:
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Free training
Food
Certificate
Resource kit valued at $65
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Training manual
Composting tools: aerator, kitchen
collection pail, book
Participants also receive:
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Compost thermometer after completing
30-hour commitment
Master Composter Newsletter
Invitations to fun and educational
activities and events
Continuing education for
trained Master Composters
As part of their volunteering,
RCM Master Composters have…
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Helped their neighbors start
composting
Promoted composting on the radio
Applied compost in municipal
flowerbeds
AND….
Delivered composting
presentations
Staffed composting displays
Harvested vermicompost
Helped out during compost bin
sales
Set up indoor composting systems
at schools, workplaces etc.
Implemented windrow
composting program for
municipal park waste
Built compost bins in community
gardens
Set up and maintained compost
demonstration sites
How to pay for this course?
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Operational budget
Apply for a grant
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WRAPP/SDIF
Sponsorship
Share costs with other municipalities
Plan in advance!
Costs of offering a MC course
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Will vary depending on
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Location of community – distance
Number of participants
2-hour distance from Winnipeg
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If in-kind venue and advertising:
15 participants approx. $6,700
10 participants approx. $6,200
Negotiable
Other RCM Composting Services
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Toll-free composting help line and website
Free workshops
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How-to compost information
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pay for mileage (maybe accommodations)
donations accepted!
factsheets and booklets
Templates for demo site signs
Educational support for compost bin sales
Contact information
Sylvie Hébert, Compost Project
Coordinator
Toll Free 1-866-394-8880 ext 1.
303 Portage Ave, 3rd Floor, Winnipeg MB
[email protected]
www.resourceconservation.mb.ca
Questions?