A partnership between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Recycle Florida Today (RFT), the State’s Recycling Association, and private industry has recently been reignited to seek ways to improve the beneficial use of compost and organics recycling products and materials in Florida. The long-term goal is to boost the use of compost in transportation projects.
The partnership includes, but is not limited to the following:
- Educational Resources
- Conference Calls
- Presentations and Workshops
- Pilot Programs in Various Regions of Florida
FDOT RESOURCES
On this page you will find documents that were prepared in partnership with FORCE, FDEP, and RFT. They are valuable resources to be used by the staff at FDOT and anyone wanting to learn more about the history of the partnership initiated in 2000.
And at the RFT 2017 Summer Conference in June, FDOT Material Management staff made the following presentation on building a partnership.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For more information about this partnership, and to get involved, please contact the following people:
Karen Moore of the FDEP - Karen.S.Moore@floridadep.gov
Sue Zheng, P.E. FDOT, Director, Office of Materials - Xiaoyan.Zheng@dot.state.fl.us
The Florida Composting Council (FLCC) is the state’s composting organization. For more information and to become a member and join, visit this website link. Benefits of being a member of this professional network, include but are not limited to:
Legislative Advocacy and bill tracking.
Composting and organics education and resources.
Professional events, training, and membership discounts.
Additional resources of other State and DOT partnerships can be found through the following by clicking here.
Lastly, compost producers who are participants of the United States Composting Council’s (USCC) Seal of Testing Assurance (STA) program can promote their compost to state departments of transportation.
For more information about the STA program and its benefits, please visit this site: US Composting Council STA Program
