Home composters make a difference to diversion
Article Abstract:
Home composters trained under the Sonoma County Home Composting Program in California have diverted 18.3% of the average household's total monthly waste stream. The average household's total landfill input every month is 88.7 gallons of garbage. Source reduction is one of the strategies which has significant waste diversion potential. This may be done by teaching people to compost in the backyard of their home. Half of the trained people become significant compostors and their actual rate of reduction of compostable materials is twice as that the average for all trained people.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1997
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You're next, Mr. and Ms. Composters
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The Guadalupe Rubbish Disposal Co. and San Jose, CA, are being sued by 200 individuals living near a composting facility that they claim is emitting toxic bioaerosols. The plaintiffs, Citizens United for responsible Environment, claim that fungi in the compost can cause illness, but studies show composting plants pose little risk. Guadalupe needs to combat this citizen group effectively to ensure that other composting operations are not subject to such frivolous suits.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1996
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Composters for hire
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Hired composters in Pacific Northwest, US, invest in necessary equipment, travel from site to site for composting materials and market the end products. They use turners for aerating piles, and check windrow temperatures and moisture levels. Composting of manure takes three months and subsequent curing takes two months. Compost West processes cow manure for dairy farms in Idaho. The companies are also conducting demonstrations to show the benefits of compost use.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1996
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