Ron Alexander Over 40 years experience in composting and organics recycling Nations most experienced compost marketing consultant Completed over 500 related consulting projects Accomplished writer and speaker - having written and presented over 400 papers and presentations Worked with over 200 composting and organics recycling facilities throughout North America and the world 2003 Recipient of the Hi Kellogg Award For Outstanding Service to the Composting Industry 2010 Recipient of the US Composting Council's Clean Water Award 2019 Named by Biocycle as an Organics Recycling Trailblazer (See article below)

• Extensive practical marketing experience
  • Millions of cubic yards of compost, and recycled soil amendments
  • Digester by-products, dried/granulated and lime/chemically stabilized biosolids products, manure and manure-based products, paper and wood-based products, vermi-composts/worm castings
• Having marketed organic recycled products in all regions of the United States, including 35 states, as well as 6 Canadian Provinces, Europe and Australasia
• Trained in sales, marketing and sales management
• Extensive experience in staff training, adult education

• Author of landmark publications
  • The Field Guide to Compost Use
  • Landscape Architecture Specifications for the Utilization of Compost
  • The Practical Guide to Compost Marketing and Sales
  • Compost Use on State Highway Application
  • AASHTO Erosion Control Specifications
  • Various Compost Use Guidelines
• Past Manager of US Composting Council's Seal of Testing Assurance Program
• Several State compost market assessments and market development projects Completed projects funded by US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Agriculture, USDA-Forest Service, Federal Highway Administration

• International Experience
  • Providing ongoing assistance to national and regional UK compost market and infrastructure development projects.
  • Advisor to Waste and Resources Action Programme. The UK government's recycled materials development organization.
  • Assisting several Canadian composters and fertilizer manufacturers.
  • Assisting Australian & New Zealand composters and related trade organizations

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