Contaminants of Emerging Concern: Implications for Compost Quality, Use, & Marketing
In this VORS 2020 webinar, the panel shares the latest research about contamination concerns for ensuring compost quality, including PFAS, persistent herbicides, and microplastics.
What are the sources of these contaminants? What do we need to know as composters? Are there different implications for different compost end-uses?
Listen to this recorded webinar to learn what we know, what we don’t know, and what relevant research is currently underway.
Panelists:
Andrew Carpenter, Northern Tilth
Ned Beecher, NEBRA
Deb Neher, Department of Plant and Soil Science, UVM
Video time stamps:
Deb Neher on Pathogens, Antibiotics & Antibiotic Resistance: 1:39
Ned Beecher: 20:08 (slide deck)
Andrew Carpenter: 44:32 (slide deck)
Deb Neher: 1:06:49 (slide deck)
Q&A 1:12:38
