Carbon Farming with Compost on City Sports Parks

StopWaste partnered with UC Merced and the cities of Dublin and Pleasanton to conduct research measuring the soil carbon sequestration potential of compost application on city-managed sports parks. Three separate studies provide evidence that compost application reduced soil NO2 emissions, increased deep soil carbon stocks down to 1 meter, and helped mineralize the soil carbon into a more physically protected and persistent carbon pool, necessary for long term carbon sequestration.