Charles

About Charles Duprey

The founder and president of Naturcycle LLC, Charles Duprey is an expert in green roof media design and manufacturing, with over fifteen years of experience developing and supplying some of the largest green roof and engineered soil projects in the Northeast, including the one-acre farm on the Javits Convention Center rooftop, green roofs from the Statue of Liberty Museum to the Boston Medical Center, and more. As a certified educator, he conducts professional development sessions on green infrastructure and sustainability for members of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Charles currently serves as a trustee for the Compost Research & Education Foundation and is the current co-chair of the Seal of Testing Assurance Advisory Committee. He is also the former Vice Chair of the Market Development Committee of the United States Composting Council. He serves on many industry committees and has published several educational articles on a variety of related topics. He has both a B.S. and a B.A. from Syracuse University and resides in Central New York.

Green Roofs: What NOT to do!

Naturcycle talks often about the benefits of green roof media and the dangers of high organic matter in roof soils. Even as we educate landscape architects and contractors about what quality, consistent, soil-less media should be, we still see factors like cost or time driving bad choices. Pictured below is what happens if you [...]

By |2021-01-12T18:36:15+00:00June 18th, 2019|Uncategorized|

Dangers of High Organic Matter in Green Roof Media

The photos above of are various projects around New York City. Many owners and architects do not understand the danger that blends with very high organic matter content can present. Looking at these site photos shows the inherent problem. Media for roofs and planters that is very high in compost quickly end up like [...]

By |2021-01-12T19:17:32+00:00April 22nd, 2019|Uncategorized|

Compost & Soils: the Foundation of Nutrition

The United Nations Organization for Food & Agriculture made some interesting connections back in 2015, the "Year of Soil," linking healthy soils to people's health, and guess what? Compost adds all those micro- and macro-nutrients listed in the graphic above to depleted soils. Closing this loop returning our wastes from WWTP or food scraps [...]

By |2021-03-02T19:59:06+00:00March 28th, 2019|Uncategorized|

Healthy Soils & Compost

In February, it's good to remember that healthy soils are driven by many factors. These healthy soils produce more food, higher quality food, and protect our waterways by keeping soils in place. To achieve these healthy soils, we can add organic matter from good sources like compost! Cornell and New York State have a [...]

By |2021-03-02T19:57:30+00:00February 15th, 2019|Uncategorized|

Soluble Salts in Compost – CCREF Important Report

The Composting Council Research & Education Foundation invested in an important report that continues its commitment to research and education of compost users and producers. A detailed research paper was produced featuring the current literature on soluble salts in compost and soils. You can learn more about what electrical conductivity means for compost, like [...]

By |2021-03-02T19:55:27+00:00January 17th, 2019|Uncategorized|

Naturcycle Attends Cities Alive Annual Green Roof Conference in Brooklyn, NY

Greenroofs.com is an important publication for the green roof industry. Its founders have focused on spreading news, commercial successes, and documenting the projects that have changed green roofing. This year they have taken the time to report on and photograph the Cities Alive 2018 Conference in Brooklyn, NY. Naturcycle exhibited at the conference and [...]

By |2021-03-02T19:44:54+00:00October 12th, 2018|Uncategorized|

Naturcycle’s is committed to and supports …

Go to Top