The GORE^® Cover System utilizes positive aeration and a specially designed cover to create an enclosed system that optimizes the composting process, controls odors and micro-organisms, separates leachate from storm water and creates a consistent process unaffected by outside environmental conditions. Medium-pressure ventilators connect to in-floor aeration trenches, which allows oxygen to be blown into the heap. Stainless steel probes inserted into the compost pile monitor oxygen and temperature parameters, then relay this information to a central computer. This data then controls ventilators to keep the compost in the perfect conditions.