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Friday, November 15, 2013

Michigan Island composting

Michigan island is a tourist attraction.  It's landfill discards and recyclables need to be shipped by boat.  Since 1992 the community has changed its strategy of disposal from mixed-waste-stream approach to a source-separated approach. recyclables are now collected separately.                              
Compostable bags are used to collect compostable items such as food and are collected daily.  The bags are shredded and mixed with manure and decompose for about 70 days.  Then the minerals are turned over with the front-end loader.





photos courtesy of:Michigan Composting

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