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Windrow composting is the process of forming organic waste into rows of long piles called windrows, and aerating them periodically by either manually or mechanically turning the piles.

This is a variation on a common practice for soil remediation (known as composting) where chicken manure and other natural products are mixed into contaminated soil using a windrow turner.

Endres uses both headland stacking and a 60-foot by 220-foot compost shed. After building a windrow, the compost is allowed to sit for one week as temperatures increase.

Agency staff aerate the piles using a Scarab compost windrow turner machine about once every two weeks when the temperature reaches around 170 degrees.

A windrow turner turns the compost material at the Sioux Falls Regional Sanitary Landfill. The heat created in the material produces the steam shown following the equipment.

Once pumpkins are collected, they are taken to a registered composting facility and undergo a process called aerated windrow composting, Kathleen said.

The City of Yellowknife uses the windrow composting method to process materials collected in its curbside green cart collection program. (Travis Burke/CBC) ...