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Compost Contractors Hit By Sudden Termination

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw1OrDQR35g Ouch... good luck loading up a landfill instead. Island residents must feel the pressure to minimize their waste due to more limited living space, right? In order to exist going forward, we need fertile soil for food production and a drastic cut to our greenhouse gas emissions. Composting is the solution to both of those. Mayor Kim needs to create a task force to manage the back-end distribution of compost, period. It may seem like a burden, but it's critical to keep the island functioning in the long run. Reverting to landfilling is going to hurt- I think they'll realize they screwed up pretty soon.

Proposed compost site causing stink in the suburbs

Original link: http://wgntv.com/2017/03/15/proposed-compost-site-causing-stink-in-the-suburbs/ DES PLAINES, Ill. -- Some suburban residents say "not in my neighborhood" to a proposal to build a composting site on a former landfill in Des Plaines. The site is located across from Oakton Community College and the concern is the odor the compost might create. The commercial compost site would be located on a landfill that has been closed since 1986 and would utilize 25 of the existing 160 acres. The composting would not include meat or dairy products. Attorney Jim Griffin represents the backers of the compost operation. He says a company called Patriot Acres LLC would lease the site from the archdiocese. “The owner of the parcel is the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago,” Griffin said. “It's going to be beneficial because it's going to…

New Report from GAIA on the Perils of Incineration

GAIA just dropped a killer new report on the perils of incineration. What does this have to do with composting, you may ask? Incineration directly competes with composting (and recycling) programs by destroying perfectly good material and turning it into brand-new toxins to inhale. Better yet, both composting and recycling are more cost effective, practical solutions that create more jobs than incineration. We already know how bad incinerators (pyrolysis, gasification, waste-to-energy) are in terms of the pollutants they spew out (dioxin, NOx, SOx, arsenic, mercury, ash, etc), but this report appeals to even the most conservative bean counters. Incinerators are the most expensive high-risk solution to dealing with waste. Here's the official press release and link to the report: Berkeley, U.S. — A new risk analysis from GAIA finds that companies…