Above, one of three mounds at the Seneca Meadows Landfill in Waterloo, NY, as seen from the west side of Seneca Lake approximately eight miles away (through a telephoto lens). Credit: Kevin Colton, HWS.

EPA Region Map

EPA Region Map
EPA Region Map

Monday, February 7, 2011

Waste Reduction through on site Management











(two above) Sylvester the Digester is a composting unit in the Sydney Botanical Gardens Australia. Workers can deposit clippings and other botanical waste here, and with some time and compaction, it is turned into compost on site. This can then be used to fertilize and stabilize the gardens. This reduces the environmental costs of transporting the waste to another facility and buying compost or fertilizer elsewhere.





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