State and province guides / British Columbia

British Columbia compost facility recordkeeping requirements

Agency

BC Ministry of Environment and Parks

Citation

Organic Matter Recycling Regulation (OMRR), B.C. Reg. 18/2002, Schedule 1

What British Columbia expects you to record

• Windrow: 55 °C or above for 15 days, with at least 5 turnings during that period.
• Aerated static pile and in-vessel: 55 °C or above for 3 consecutive days.
• Compost is classified as Class A or Class B, and the class affects how the finished product may be distributed.

Pathogen reduction (PFRP) in practice

Canada has no federal equivalent of 40 CFR 503 — the rules are provincial, and most track the CCME Guidelines for Compost Quality, which use the same time and temperature pairs: windrows must hold 55 °C or above for 15 days with at least five turnings during that period, while aerated static piles and in-vessel systems must hold 55 °C for three consecutive days. The evidence is the temperature record — which is exactly what tends to be incomplete when it lives on a clipboard.

How PileProof records it

• Crews log temperatures from a phone, offline if the yard has no signal, against the specific batch.
• Each batch's PFRP status is recalculated on every reading, using a compliance profile you can point at British Columbia's thresholds.
• A missed day or a cold reading flags the batch AT RISK the same day, in the app and in a daily email digest.
• Certificates, activity reports and a full audit binder export on demand, with the raw data behind them.

PileProof is a record-keeping tool, not legal advice. Verify report formats and thresholds with your state agency and permit.