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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.

Compost Use Education is Crucial

Naturcycle is committed to educating others, answering questions, and helping end users better understand compost applications. Green infrastructure is a crucial stormwater tool, and more landscapers are installing specialized structures like green roofs and rain gardens, along with directly using compost for slope stabilization and amending soils in place. Naturcycle and its team are [...]

By |2021-03-02T19:02:11+00:00February 12th, 2018|Uncategorized|

Using Green Roof Media At-Grade

An interesting development in the marketplace is the use of green roof media for at-grade applications. Green roof media can be a solution for many ground level soil needs, such as planters, planter boxes, tree boxes and other uses that are not typical elevated roofs. This development says much about the quality of many [...]

By |2021-03-02T18:59:30+00:00December 15th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Naturcycle Participates in NYC Watershed Conference

Saugerties, NY - Wednesday, September 13th  Naturcycle participated in the New York Water Environmental Association's NYC Watershed Conference at the Diamond Mills Resort & Conference Center today. This event was focused on protecting the NYC watershed, the latest research in stormwater management, and important ways to protect our drinking water. Naturcycle exhibited at this [...]

By |2021-03-02T18:54:29+00:00September 19th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Naturcycle’s Charles Duprey Teaches Part of US Composting Council Training Course

For the last four years, Charles Duprey, President of Naturcycle, has taught part of the Compost Operation Training Course here in the Northeast. The Composting Council Foundation offers this course a few times a year around the United States. This class teaches the fundamentals of compost and composting, including the business aspects of composting, [...]

By |2021-03-02T18:49:47+00:00July 31st, 2017|Uncategorized|

New USCC Webinars and Naturcycle Volunteer Work

The United States Composting Council is launching a series of educational webinars for engineers, architects, landscape architects, site contractors and all those interested in compost use in stormwater management. This series with Forester University will cover a variety of compost use topics. Mr. Charles Duprey of Naturcycle serves on the USCC Market Development Committee [...]

By |2021-03-02T18:41:29+00:00June 6th, 2017|Uncategorized|

International Compost Awareness Week 2017

How are you supporting International Compost Awareness Week this year? Learn more about #ICAW 2017 from the Composting Council Research and Education Foundation. Their mission to support the Composting Council, and provide education and scholarships are important to advancing compost.

By |2021-03-02T18:38:05+00:00May 10th, 2017|Uncategorized|

An Interesting Look at Green Infrastructure

Naturcycle and its team are proud to offer compost to amend soils in-place, which improves water holding, soil quality and reducing runoff. We also provide green roof media to create stormwater capture on top of buildings, reduce the heat island effect, and add beauty to the landscape. In addition, we provide highly engineered soils [...]

By |2021-03-02T18:37:04+00:00April 19th, 2017|Uncategorized|

The New York State Association for Solid Waste Management Highlights Naturcycle

The January issue of the The New York State Association for Solid Waste Management "Wasteline" Newsletter highlighted a brief article about Naturcycle. They talked about our services available to solid waste operators and public authorities around New York State. You can read the article on page 3 of the newsletter here. You can learn [...]

By |2021-03-02T18:32:22+00:00March 13th, 2017|Uncategorized|

A Better Understanding of Phosphorous and Compost Dynamics

From our friend Ron Alexander in this month's Biocycle Magazine, a detailed explanation of the nature of phosphorous in compost. Read this article if you are concerned about P and its applications. "Organic forms of phosphorus, such as biosolids and compost products, contain low to very low levels of water extractable phosphorus, but increasingly [...]

By |2021-03-02T18:28:11+00:00December 13th, 2016|Uncategorized|

US Composting Council Launches New Website for Landscape Architects

The Market Development Committee of the United States Composting Council, of which Charles Duprey, President of Naturcycle, is pleased to serve on, announces a new website geared towards landscape architects, civil engineers and planners. This site, CompostforLAs.com, is designed to provide all of our USCC resources in one place. Mr. Duprey was heavily involved [...]

By |2021-03-02T18:21:52+00:00October 2nd, 2016|Uncategorized|

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