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.

Naturcycle Presents to Illinois Food Scrap Coalition on Compost Markets

Mr. Duprey was invited to present to a regular meeting of the Illinois Food Scrap Coalition to help them better understand compost markets and challenges. He spoke and took questions for about 20 minutes on compost market development and issues compost marketers are facing, and provided a basic understanding of the intersection of compost [...]

By |2021-03-02T19:19:38+00:00June 6th, 2018|Uncategorized|

Naturcycle Highlights International Compost Awareness Week 2018

This week on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Naturcycle will be highlighting compost use as part of International Compost Awareness Week, May 6 through the 12th, 2018, sponsored by the Composting Council Research & Education Foundation. Our team will show off cool projects, our donations to support community farming, and promote exciting, sustainable uses [...]

By |2021-03-02T19:16:46+00:00May 9th, 2018|Uncategorized|

Naturcycle Presents on Compost Markets

Our founder, Charles Duprey, recently presented at the Northeast Recycling Council. This group of recycling coordinators and industry leaders examine recycling challenges including glass, paper and organics in our region. The US Composting Council also supported the event and it was a great day of discussion, education and learning that Naturcycle was proud to [...]

By |2021-03-02T19:10:28+00:00April 5th, 2018|Uncategorized|

New Compost Definition Results from USCC Work with AAPFCO

The United States Composting Council and the Market Development Committee are hard at work. One of our annual tasks is to work with plant food control officials through our representative, Ron Alexander. Mr. Charles Duprey serves as Vice Chair of this committee and these kinds of achievements are important to support our industry. A [...]

By |2021-03-02T19:08:03+00:00March 6th, 2018|Uncategorized|

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|

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