Hamilton considers plan to cash in on organic compost
Boston.com
Already designated a green community, the town of Hamilton is considering a plan to use composting as a means of building its bottom line. The Board of Selectmen recently hired a consultant to study the potential for an anaerobic ...

RICHARD SHIELL: Gifts for a garden devotee
Bakersfield Californian
It's an ideal time for making compost, getting out aggressions (snip, snip), and giving gifts. Composting is easy if one has patience, a water source (our dry climate means compost doesn't happen without additional moisture), and a utility area out of ...

Stinky compost peeves off neighbours
The Aucklander
It reveals proposals to hugely increase organic waste processed at the waste food composting plant. Locals say the site stinks and they are concerned Envirofert is not equipped to handle more material without ruining the air quality. ...

Compost proposal for Dorval is for the birds: mayor
Montreal Gazette
Rouleau and councillor Michel Hébert presented the city's position during public consultations set aside for the Dorval composting centre Monday night, an hour-long event attended by about 25 people. For Dorval, the proposed Aviation Rd. site, ...

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Compost plan set to be binned
Campaign Series
AN APPLICATION for a new composting facility looks set to be refused today, after council officers recommended the refusal. The Bryn Compost facility at Gelliargwellt Farm, Gelligaer put in a plan for an anaerobic digestion facility on the site, ...

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Killeen Daily Herald
Residents tour Bell County's $3.6 million compost facility
Killeen Daily Herald
1 Regional Compost Facility, a $3.6 million site that sits behind the waste transfer station off State Highway 195. "This is a very proud moment for everyone involved," said Jerry Atkinson, the general manager of WCID No. 1. ...

LAist
The Great Compost Debate: Can It Be Done In LA County?
LAist
Photo caption: Composting tomatoes. The French Laundry garden, Yountville, CA - 10.11.09. Photo by urbanfoodie33 via Flickr. The question of whether or not LA County could champion a large-scale composting system is highly debatable, and some local ...

Council Sets Some Guidelines on Composting
Patch.com
On Monday night, Lakewood City Council unanimously OK'd an ordinance that sets some guidelines on composting in the city. By Colin McEwen (File photo) Kathleen Rocco of the county waste district presented a seminar at the Women's Pavilion at ...
Lakewood City Council set for Dec. 5 meetingSun Star Courier

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Compost operation stinks in Bloomingdale
NorthJersey.com
Something is rotten in Bloomingdale - or so it seems to residents living near the borough's compost operation. At a Nov. 22 Borough Council meeting, Richard Boud of Tice Street, a longtime volunteer fireman in the municipality, ...

Alameda County considers mandatory recycling and composting plan
San Jose Mercury News
That could mean fines of up to $1000 for putting things like newspapers, aluminum cans and food scraps in the garbage instead of recycle and compost bins. The recycling mandate doesn't actually change the many tons of waste generated by Alameda ...

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