Articles tagged as: natural resources director

Giant Composter Starts Digesting Ohio University Waste

ATHENS, Ohio, February 17, 2009 (ENS) – Ohio University’s new composting unit on the Athens campus is the largest in-vessel composting system at any college or university in the nation, capable of processing up to 28 tons of organic waste at a time. On Thursday, Ohio University President Roderick McDavis and Ohio Department of Natural [...]

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Missouri Landfills Hold Recyclables Worth Millions

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, January 4, 2008 (ENS) – Close to half of the municipal solid waste deposited in Missouri’s landfills has the potential to be recycled, according to a solid waste composition study recently completed for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. More than 1.9 million tons of recyclable materials were disposed of in Missouri [...]

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