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New York State Compost Site Operators Workshop: East Hampton/East Hampton Compost, Long Island Organics Initiative

New York State Compost Site Operators Workshop: East Hampton/East Hampton Compost, Long Island Organics Initiative  

Location:
Long Island Organics Initiative  

Date:
Mon Apr 1, 2026

Time:
10:30 am – 3:00 pm

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Session summary

CET, with support from NYS DEC, is hosting a free compost site operators’ workshop in East Hampton, New York on Wednesday, April 1st, from 10:30am-3:00pm.  

Join us for an engaging and informative half-day event focused on best practices for implementing community scale composting systems in New York State. The workshop will be led by James McSweeney of Compost Technical Services and The 131° School of Composting. 

The workshop will be divided into two parts: an online webinar and a half-day field session. The webinar will be held on Tuesday, March 3rd from 10:00am-12:00pm. All in-person registrants will automatically register for the webinar. If you are unable to attend, we will record the session so that attendees can watch before the in-person field portion.  

The hands-on field session will take place at East Hampton Transfer Station, in collaboration with the Long Island Organics Initiative and East Hampton Compost.  

This workshop is geared toward the following participants from New York State: 

  • Operators of agricultural, municipal, and private composting operations that accept food scraps. 
  • Operators of small-scale/community composting sites that accept food scraps, such as community gardens, local parks, etc. 
  • Other interested parties considering starting a commercial or community scale composting operation to compost food scraps. 
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Priority registration will be given to New York-based composters. Out-of-state registrants will be placed on a waitlist and notified if spots become available. 

This workshop is part of a series of two workshops that CET is hosting in Spring 2026 under our Rethink Food Waste NY program. The other workshop will be hosted in Schenectady, NY. We kindly request that you register for only one of the two workshops. 

For more information, please reach out to CET at RethinkFoodWasteNY@cetonline.org or 866-306-0911. 

the Speaker

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James McSweeney

Compost Technical Services

About the Organization

COMPOST TeChNICAL SERVICES

Compost Technical Services is a specialized consulting and education firm focused on helping farms, communities, and organizations build resilient, sustainable compost systems.

They offer expert compost systems design, operational support, and technical assistance to improve food scrap recycling and nutrient management, with programs active in places like Vermont, Massachusetts, and New York.
 

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the long island organics Initiative

The Long Island Organics Initiative is a rapidly growing group of non-profit, commercial and municipal organizations—from research institutions and municipalities to community programs and local leaders—united to rethink how to manage and reuse organic materials across Long Island, New York. Supporting the initiative, East Hampton Compost began their journey in 2023; they are a community-based organization that transforms food scraps into soil food. East Hampton Compost aims to reduce their carbon footprint, recycle food scraps into soil, and support local pollinators and people.
 
 

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CET · Center for ecothecnology

CET is an environmental nonprofit committed to assisting a variety of operations in reducing, recovering, and diverting wasted food from disposal. Supported by NYS DEC, CET currently offers free technical assistance to New York businesses, institutions, organics recyclers, and haulers to support their wasted food strategies.

For questions, please contact us at rethinkfoodwasteny@cetonline.org. 

April 1 @ 10:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT