Join Kathy Vazquez virtually on September 9th at 7pm when she discusses the types of materials that can be composted, best practices to manage the composting process to prevent critters and odor, and what to do with the amazing “black gold” after the materials are composted.
Composting food scraps in your backyard reduces the amount of trash that ends up in the county dump while providing you with rich soil amendments to grow healthier plants. Composting helps protect the environment, improves the health of your lawn and garden, and can save you money.
Join us to learn about how compost happens, what materials are compostable, and common troubleshooting techniques. After this class, you will have all the information you’ll need to start making and using compost in your backyard.
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Kathy Vazquez is the Commercial Food Scraps Recycling Program Manager for Montgomery County’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Recycling and Resource Management Division. As the Program Manager, Ms. Vazquez develops and evaluates the County’s strategies and initiatives to decrease the generation of food waste, and to increase the recycling of food scraps generated in the commercial sector. Before joining the DEP, Ms. Vazquez had 4 years of experience working in the New York Botanical Garden providing technical assistance, outreach, and education around best management practices in composting to community gardens and resident volunteers.