Collecting residential yard trimmings

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Different strategies are being implemented for the collection of residential yard trimmings. Chicago is issuing blue bags for residents'yard waste rather than kraft bags which were not popular. A composting company in Michigan banned plastic waste bags because they affected the composting process but biodegradable containers are still permitted as long as they degrade within a given time. A yard trimming programme in Omaha failed because residents did not like having to put their bags out onto the street, not did they like having it collected on a different day.

Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs, Refuse Disposal Programs, Refuse and refuse disposal, Waste disposal, Chicago, Illinois, Illinois, Solid waste disposal

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Large-scale composting of biosolids and yard trimmings

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Palm Beach, FL's Solid Waste Authority has expanded its pilot agitated-bay biosolids and yard-trimmings composting facility into a full-scale operation. The Second Nature Compost Facility originally had four bays and could handle 2.3 tons per day. The expanded facility, which has 36 bays, began operating in late 1994. The facility's operations and capabilities are discussed.

Management, Compost plants, Palm Beach County, Florida

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Recycling yard trimmings through an anaerobic digester

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Greensboro, NC, is operating a 30,000 t/y composting facility that will transform feedstock into compost, liquid fertilizer and methane by means of an anaerobic fermentation system.

Greensboro, North Carolina

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