Tulsa, OK Chooses Incineration Over Composting (article)

Article reposted from: http://www.energyjustice.net/content/tulsa-ok-chooses-incineration-over-composting Tulsa, OK Chooses Incineration Over Composting August 14, 2014 — Josh - by Jarrel Wade, August 6, 2014, Tulsa World Trash board members voted Tuesday to begin the process of seeking bids for contractors to pick up curbside green waste and take it to the city’s burn plant. The recently introduced plan from the Tulsa Authority for Recovery of Energy is to send green waste to the city’s burn plant permanently, essentially ending Tulsa’s curbside green-waste program as it was originally promised. The TARE board vote authorizes staff to invite bids from contractors for board evaluation and possible acceptance at future meetings. The vote followed discussion about several contractual obligations that hindered implementation of the new plan. TARE officials have said their goals are to keep…

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White Castle composts food, paper waste (article)

article originally found here: http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/article/20130312/NEWS03/130319989?CSReferrer=comments Fast food chain White Castle has launched a pilot composting program at six of its Ohio restaurants. Discarded food and paper from the six locations near Columbus, Ohio, have been composted by an Ohio company since December, The Columbus Dispatch reported. The resulting product is used in landscaping on White Castle property and is available for the public to purchase. If the six-month trial is successful, White Castle will consider rolling out the program to additional restaurants, the article indicates. "[It] took a little bit of getting used to at first, getting everything in the right bucket, but now it's really smooth and it's not much extra work for the staff," Chris Shaffery, regional director, told the news agency. "We compost hamburger boxes, towels, coffee…

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