Communities fight planned compost operation at Hilo landfill (article)

Original source: http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/local-news/communities-fight-planned-compost-operation-hilo-landfill By NANCY COOK LAUER, West Hawaii Today Native Hawaiian communities in Keaukaha and Panaewa are gearing up to fight a planned composting facility adjacent to the Hilo landfill, a move that could jeopardize a key component of the county’s plan to close the landfill and recycle more of its waste. Residents, including Hilo Councilwoman-elect Sue Lee Loy, are asking for a more in-depth study than the environmental assessment currently underway. They’re seeking the more intensive environmental impact statement, or failing that, a study that takes into account all of the government facilities currently impacting the community. Bobby Yamada, treasurer of the Keaukaha-Panaewa Farmers Association, said the community opposes the plan. “Our position is no, because the community’s concerns have not been met,” Yamada said Monday. And some…

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Even More Food Scraps! Oh the Horror!

Even more food scraps! OK, I promise- last one (for now). This photo reminds me of one of those Old Tyme Buffet places... it could almost pass as a sloppily organized buffet table shot. But no, it's all food that never made it to consumption... Off to the mountain of dirt, flesh, chlorophyll and cellulose it goes, to be cooked courtesy of the thermophiles down into that critical stuff we need to grow more things to eat.

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