Our PursuitOur Pursuit

Offering a Means for Offering a Means for

the Recycling of the Recycling of Organics Organics

to Achieve Zero Wasteto Achieve Zero Waste

• Yard Waste

• Manure

• Food Residuals

• Clean Unused Drywall

• Municipal Contracts • Private Contractors• Independent Haulers

Reduction Factor: 20-30:1

20 to 30 yards produce waste = 1 yard compost

Produce/Vegetable Residuals

Food ResidualsFood Residuals

Fresh Food ProcessorsGrocery Stores

Hospitals/Educational InstitutionsPrisons/Elder Care Facilities

Restaurants

Stakeholders of a New Stakeholders of a New MarketMarket

Cleanliness of Residual Stream Cleanliness of Residual Stream

at Point of Originat Point of Origin

– Contaminant FreeContaminant Free

Relationship of the HaulerRelationship of the Hauler

Considering Food Residuals?Considering Food Residuals?What’s Important…What’s Important…

Adequate CarbonAdequate Carbon

Timely Handling & ProcessingTimely Handling & Processing

Site ConditionsSite Conditions

EquipmentEquipment

Routinely Tested to Insure Product Quality

Screened Topsoil

Growing Media for

Planting

Green Roof Applications

Bio-Retention

Special Blends

Topsoil

Compost

Green Roof Mix Boehm 11/2006

Eastern Village, Silver Spring, MDCategory: Extensive Residential

2006 Award Recipient: Eco Housing Corporation., Bethesda, Maryland. Developer: Poretsky Building Group.

Environmental & Building Consultant: Sustainable Design Consulting. Landscape Architect: Lila Fendrick

Landscape Architecture & Garden Design. Owner: Eastern Village Co-housing Condominiums HOA.

Compost Seed Blanket

Installation

The Gold Leaf Group, Inc.

Back Creek Nature Park Shoreline RestorationThe Gold Leaf Group, Inc.

Rain Garden, AnnapolisThe Gold Leaf Group, Inc.

BEFORE

AFTER

The Ware Residence, Northeast, MDO’Doherty Group, Architect / The Gold Leaf Group, Inc.

The Possibilities are EndlessThe Possibilities are Endless

Memberships and Memberships and AssociationsAssociations

US Composting CouncilUS Composting Council Solid Waste Association of North AmericaSolid Waste Association of North America Mid-Atlantic Composting AssociationMid-Atlantic Composting Association Maryland Nursery & Landscape AssociationMaryland Nursery & Landscape Association Maryland Recyclers CoalitionMaryland Recyclers Coalition Baltimore Washington Corridor Chamber Baltimore Washington Corridor Chamber

of Commerceof Commerce West Anne Arundel County Chamber of West Anne Arundel County Chamber of

CommerceCommerce Businesses for the BayBusinesses for the Bay