in 1987 a group of 20 men and women put together 20 000 Mark and a special company built a place for composting PfC with 1000square-meter to place the plant materials from gardens. The place was close to a village with 11 000 inhabitants.
We had a tractor plus 4 agricultural trailers and transported the plant material from the recycling station (separate collection of unwanted materials) to our PfC. We had to follow all laws and negotiate with the mayor and the rural district office. Baugenehmigung, abfallrechtliche Genehmigung, Planfeststellungsverfahren - no english words .
Twice a year a big shredder 16t and a special wheel loader
ground the plant material. The pile was a triangular prism, 5m high, 11m broad and 25m long. For 1 week it was steaming. After3-4 month it was ready and the farmers put it on their fields. The PfC was ~near München.