Pricing

*Products

If one organization agrees to centralized billing and centralized coordination with the USCC for all of their products and facilities, then for one company all additional facilities are billed at a steep discount. The first product price is only charged once for the company.

If the organization does not agree to centralized billing and centralized coordination with the USCC, and asks for each facility to be billed and coordinated with separately, then every facility within a company is billed as having a "first product."  The first product price is then charged multiple times for the company.

 

*Regular-Size First Product = Produce more than 2,500 finished wet tons/year

 

*Small-Size First Product = Produce less than 2,500 finished wet tons/year

 

*Wet Tons Produced =

- Wet tons means as-is, not dehydrated

- Tons produced = Amount sold that year + Amount in inventory at the end of the year

- Converting cubic yards to tons =

Total cubic yards X 1,000 lbs/cubic yard = # pounds/year

(or use your compost product's conversion if you know it)

Then divide # pounds/year by 2,000 lbs = tons produced/year

 

*Derivative Products = $125/year/product that is already enrolled in the STA Certified Compost program. These are products you or your distributor would like to sell with the STA Certified Compost logo that contain over 25% STA Certified Compost and are blended, packaged, resold, and/or otherwise distributed under another product name.These do not get re-tested. The CTDS for the parent product should be shared with customers upon request for the derivatives.

 

 

Regular-Size First product*

STA Price

$1,125

USCC Member Rate

$825

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Small-Size First Product*

STA Price

$525

USCC Member Rate

$475

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Products After First*

STA Price

$475

USCC Member Rate

$425

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Derivative Products*

STA Price

$275

USCC Member Rate

$125

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Renewal Deadline = Pay your STA Certified Compost’s Renewal Fees by July 1

• Using the unique web link we send you after you sign your contract
• By phone to: Hessa Al Maghlouth at (301) 897 – 2715 ext. 4705
• By paper mail to: STA Program Manager at
  PO Box 19246
  Raleigh, NC 27619

 

*Become a member of the USCC for as little as $415 to receive a $300 discount on the first regular-size product plus a $50 discount per additional product on your STA Certified Compost Participation, in addition to other sweet benefits.

 

Lab Sample Fees for each lab sample taken as a part of participating in the program are paid directly to the lab. The fees vary by lab, roughly ~$350-$400 per sample for the suite of tests plus roughly ~$150-$200 for you to overnight the sample to the lab on ice.

Produce 1 - 6,200 finished tons per year = pay roughly ~$2,000 - $2,400 per year in compost testing for 4 tests/year

Produce 6,201 - 17,500 finished tons per year = pay roughly ~$3,000 - $3,600 per year in compost testing for 6 tests/year

Produce 17,501 and above finished tons per year = pay roughly ~$6,000 - $7,200 per year in compost testing for 12 tests/year

Yearly Renewal / Application Fee – Derivative Certificate - Alternative Name, Alternative Sizing, and Blended Products

$125 per product/year - USCC member

$275 per product/year - Non USCC member

Penalty Fees

Appeal Fee = $125 per product

Reinstatement Fee – First Warning = $125 per product

Reinstatement Fee – Second Warning = $225 per product

Late Payment Fee = $125 per participant in addition to the full yearly fee due (no proration break on the remaining months before the next renewal)

 

New Applicants

Invoice will be sent only after all application materials are reviewed and approved.

Yearly Participation Fees are prorated for new applicants.

If the application is finalized in the month below, pay this proration of the fee:

July – December, pay 100% and renew by June 30 of the following year

January – March, pay 60% and renew by June 30 of that year

April – June, pay 160% and renew by June 30 of the following year.

Fast-Track Fee: Staff work to process all new applications quickly. This fee is for processing the application even more quickly. $225 for fast tracking approval of any one new STA product application in one week time frame, subject to STA lab test results already being completed.

Fee Increases Fee structure will be reviewed every other year.

Fraud $5,000 plus legal fees for first 6 months of fraud, then $10,000 plus legal fees for longer term fraud

All fees are non-refundable