Military bases step up recycling projects

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Military bases throughout the US are increasing their involvement with recycling programs for wood wastes and food residuals. Camp Pendleton in California, Otis Air Force Base in Massachusetts, Luke Air Force Base in Arizona and the Air Force Academy in Colorado are some of the military facilities which are actively involved in recycling and composting their wastes. The recycling efforts are made on the basis of practicality and economic sense. While the military bases have their own recycling facilities, they also enter into composting partnerships with nearby farms or sell recyclable materials to various contractors.

Military bases, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Recycling

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Vermicomposting food residuals in two steps: New York community group composts commercial and residential organics in bins for ten days before feeding them to worms

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A vermicomposting programme is underway at the Lower East Side Ecology Center in New York City. Around 1,300 pounds of food residuals are brought to the center's collection point each week. It has set up a food residuals composting operation, including containers, vermicomposting apparatus, mixer, bag filler and sealer and platform scale. Feedstocks are composted in bins, the contents of which are then fed directly into a vermistablization apparatus which feeds the worms a thin layer of food each day.

Usage, Worms, Worms (Animals)

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Paper fibers complete yard trimmings compost recipe

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The second cell of a landfill in Springfield, MA, was closed in 1987 and was allowed to compost leaves and yard trimmings in 1993. The composting site, which is managed by Cover Technologies, processes two types of feedstocks: yard trimmings and short paper fibers. The site composted 11,500 tons of leaves, grass and brush; 2,000 tons of wood chips; and 16,000 tons of short paper fibers in 1997.

Contracts, Refuse disposal industry, Waste management industry, Springfield, Massachusetts, Cover Technologies

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