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For Compost Manufacturers
Compost collection and processing programs continue to grow across the U.S., while the challenge of keeping feedstocks clean remains an ongoing operational and financial burden to processing facilities.
CMA’s mission is to make compost manufacturing more sustainable by working proactively to field test and identify compostable products in real-world processing technologies, while also engaging the supply chain in collaboratively working to minimize other inbound contaminants.
Compost manufacturers have free access to field-tested product acceptance lists developed by over 20 facilities on a technology basis (windrow, ASP, mass bed, covered in-vessel ASP), as well as relevant information available that addresses consumer, stakeholder, and supply chain issues.
Compost facilities in the U.S. play a vital role in supporting the need for processing capacity as businesses, college campuses, policymakers, and solid waste professionals push for more volume and greater diversity in feedstocks intended for compost facilities.
The current focus in many cities and towns is the inclusion of food scraps, compostable service ware, adding commercial food scrap collection, multi-family food scrap collection, closed system paper towel collection programs, along with many other emerging programs focused on minimizing landfill waste.
What CMA can do for Compost Facilities — at no cost to you!
CMA’s vision and goal are to work to improve the business model for compost facilities by lowering contamination and its associated costs while proactively field testing compostable foodservice items for their viability throughout the varying process technologies (windrow, aerated static piles, tunnel, in-vessel, mass bed, etc.)CMA is the composters’ no-cost resource working for you to address your customers’ questions.

CMA improves your Bottom Line in these areas…
Cost Avoidance
CMA supplies free Accepted Compostable lists and web links for facilities that want to know the products have met field standards. No staff time taking phone calls and trying to answer questions from customers and recycling partners. Simply link them to CMA’s site, and we provide the composter-based support you need at no charge. No field testing or site disruption doing your own field tests.
Revenue Enhancement
More competitive feedstock lists that are composter tested and approved Increase your web presence by connecting your residents and consumers to the CMA Contaminant of the Month and other monthly educational campaigns and programs offered to CMA affiliates.
Cost Reduction
CMA provides municipal and stakeholder education focused in contamination reduction, which directly reduces costs Keep staff focused on making compost, and not on sorting and supply chain complexities that are impossible to manage within a compost facility budget. Cut costs by being a CMA affiliate as we work nationally to decrease contamination at the public, retail, food service, and policy level.