The PROP Organics Committee is offering our Certified Compost Professional Certification (CCPC), in coordination with the PROP Certification Committee.

Individuals will be able to receive a Certified Compost Professional Certification (CCPC) from the Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania in less than one year. PROP promotes education within professional standards for recycling, organics, and solid waste professionals in both the public and private sectors, as well as providing a career track for new professionals entering the field.

PROP will be offering the accelerated CCP program and Certification every other year, starting this year 2025. Individuals who complete the required Classes/Sessions/Events during the specified time frame below will be able to complete their 30-question test at the annual conference.  By passing the test, individuals can receive their Certificate in person at the Awards Banquet during the conference.

The CCP Certification program starts with the (March 4^th, 2025) 1.5-hour virtual class and continues through the end of the year. Individuals will be able to attend Classes/Sessions/Events that will provide the correct number of credits needed to take the test and be certified. The test will be offered at the annual conference, and again before the end of this year.  Completion of all required courses and testing must be done within 3 - calendar years to achieve the Certified Compost Professional Certification.

If you are currently a Certified Recycling Professional, Senior Certified Recycling Professional or have taken the Recycling 101 – Practice & Theory class, you have already completed one of the requirements and do not need to take that class again. Recycling 101 is a requirement of the CCP certification.  If you need to attend Recycling 101, it is already scheduled for this October.  Individuals can then schedule to take the test and receive their CCP certification before the end of the year.

We have a designated Organics Track this year at the 2025 Recycling & Organics Conference in Mars, Pennsylvania to assist you in obtaining the required credits. Complete all the requirements and sit for the test during the conference to receive your certificate during the Awards Banquet Thursday evening July 24^th at the conference.

Link to the Registration Form

If you have not taken the 1^st class “Fundamentals of Composting”, we will be holding that class on the morning of June 5^th, from 9:00am to 11:00am at the SpringHill Suites 1935 Waddle Rd, State College, PA 16803 (Class size is limited to 26 individuals) ($75 Member - $125 Non-Member)

 3. “Processing Equipment Demonstration & Safety” held at the PA Timber Show – PSU AG Progress Days in PA Furnace (4 hrs. In-person | June 6-7, 2025) - {$205 member / $255 non-member}

 The 3^rd required class of PROP’s Certified Compost Professional Certification is the “Processing Equipment Demonstration & Safety” class which will be held 3 times over the course of two days June 6^th & 7^th at the PA Timber Show – (Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center, 2710 W. Pine Grove Rd. , Pennsylvania Furnace, PA 16865).  {PA Timber Show is Free to get in}  the cost is for the class.

 The 3 options are:

 Friday June 6^th either (8:00am – 12:00pm)  or  (12:00pm - 4:00pm)

 Saturday June 7^th (9:00am – 1:00pm)

Click here to register for the 3^rd Class “Processing Equipment Demonstration & Safety”

• Where to start to establish a program, what permitting is required, sitting parameters, engineering components.  Minimizing environmental impact.
• How to blend engineering, economics, and politics to find the optimal site for your compost facility.  **** Be a good neighbor, setbacks and flood planes
• Regulations / DEP Permits / Funding DEP Technical Assistance/ record keeping

• An examination of the costs associated with the composting processing beginning with the arrival of the feedstocks through the departure of the finished products.  Product sales, end users/ certified product and SAP # with ability to sell material to the Commonwealth of PA for PennDOT reclamation projects. (DEP personnel on the purchasing end)

• This session will help you understand odor generation and control and have a chance to ask questions about any aspect of Composting/Organics Management to the panel of professionals and DEP representatives.
• Surface water control