Wood diversion strategies

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Institutions which generate substantial amounts of wood residuals have developed innovative ways of reducing their existing stockpiles. The Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point, NC, hires contractors to grind wood residuals and sells them for use as home heating fuel or as mulch. The Carroll County Solid Waste Management Commission in Iowa and Catawba County, NC, adopted similar recycling strategies. Okaloosa, IA-based B and B Bedding grinds wood residuals and sells them as animal beddings and mulch.

Analysis, Waste management, Wood waste as mulch, soil conditioner, etc., Soil amendments, Wood wastes, Wood

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New approach to the green

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Country Club of Rochester superintendent Bob Feindt found a new use for compost by applying it on golf courses to suppress turfgrass diseases. He has tested different varieties of compost, from cow manure to brewery sludge, to determine which formulation is most effective. Although Feindt admits that compost use in golf course management is still relatively new, he believes that it has a promising future in golf course management because it is cost effective and safer as opposed to chemical fertilizers.

Usage, Environmental aspects, Compost, Golf courses

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Dramatic results from weight-based fees

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The city of Oakland Park, FL, started implementing a weight-based billing system for refuse collection in July 1996. The sophisticated system has enabled the city to reduce refuse container weights and cut back on commercial collection trucks and crews. The cost-saving measures have given the city a financial surplus of $930,000 by Oct. 1996, after sustaining a deficit of $67,000 in 1994. The weight-based system has also enhanced diversion and efficiency in the collection program.

Methods, Innovations, Collection (Accounting), Sanitation services, Refuse collection

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