{"id":1836,"date":"2018-03-06T21:09:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T21:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/biol2103h\/?p=1836"},"modified":"2018-03-06T21:16:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T21:16:33","slug":"group-5-to-group-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/biol2103h\/group-5-to-group-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Group 5 to Group 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Composting Options for City Dwellers<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Composting Options for City Dwellers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Commercial Composting\n<ul>\n<li>Athens Clarke County}<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.athensclarkecounty.com\/4457\/Commercial-Composting\">https:\/\/www.athensclarkecounty.com\/4457\/Commercial-Composting<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Costs\n<ul>\n<li>Start-up costs: ~800K<\/li>\n<li>Equipment costs: ~750K<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>What is accepted for compost:\n<ul>\n<li>Bio solids (from\u00a0ACC Public Utilities Wastewater Treatment Facilities)<\/li>\n<li>Leaf\/limb debris and food scraps (from Let Us Compost, $15\/month service)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Goals:\n<ul>\n<li>Produce compost for sale ($12\/yd^3 or $2\/5 gallon if you bring your own bucket, sold 9-3 Monday-Sunday)<\/li>\n<li>Reduce carbon footprint<\/li>\n<li>Helps to retain moisture in the soil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Costs and Benefits of Commercial Composting:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ac.els-cdn.com\/S0301479798902146\/1-s2.0-S0301479798902146-main.pdf?_tid=2723a4a6-888b-4de2-87c8-37f294fac0b2&amp;acdnat=1519937416_70fe71f94d246b90309f6cf4d79b5929\">https:\/\/ac.els-cdn.com\/S0301479798902146\/1-s2.0-S0301479798902146-main.pdf?_tid=2723a4a6-888b-4de2-87c8-37f294fac0b2&amp;acdnat=1519937416_70fe71f94d246b90309f6cf4d79b5929<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Takes $53\/ton to process compost, with only $1\/ton offset in revenue from selling compost\n<ul>\n<li>Most facilities receive no revenue for the compost they produce, most of the product being donated to farmers, landscapers, nurseries and landfills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Odour and residual plastics are the largest issue when it comes to composting at so large a scale\n<ul>\n<li>How to sort out plastics in the input stage<\/li>\n<li>Controlling odour, or creating larger facilities that can be further away, mimicking the scale of garbage disposal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Composting, upfront, is costlier than regular land disposal of waste on average\n<ul>\n<li>In some states this is not the case, so a viable solution there but not for GA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Offset costs of waste management:\n<ul>\n<li>No need to deal with landfills going forward,<\/li>\n<li>Less volume of garbage being taken to landfills, as much of it goes to composting facilities instead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Vermiculture\n<ul>\n<li>Services\n<ul>\n<li>Tree Hugger\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/green-food\/vermicomposting-and-vermiculture-worms-bins-and-how-to-get-started.html\">https:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/green-food\/vermicomposting-and-vermiculture-worms-bins-and-how-to-get-started.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Uncle Jim\u2019s Worm Farm\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unclejimswormfarm.com\/small-scale-composting-worms-vermiculture-city\/\">https:\/\/unclejimswormfarm.com\/small-scale-composting-worms-vermiculture-city\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Worm Poop\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wormpoop.com\/composting\/composting.htm\">http:\/\/www.wormpoop.com\/composting\/composting.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pros-\n<ul>\n<li>Cheap- 1000 worms for $25<\/li>\n<li>Efficient- 1,000 composting worms can create between 8 and 16 ounces of compost per day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cons-\n<ul>\n<li>Gross, too many worms needed to yield a good amount of compost<\/li>\n<li>Limited in the things you can compost- no meat, poultry, or fish products, certain vegetables (onion and garlic)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pick Up\n<ul>\n<li>Let Us Compost<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.letuscompost.com\/\">http:\/\/www.letuscompost.com\/<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Athens Based, picks up in Athens and Atlanta<\/li>\n<li>Costs for residential composting from LET US COMPOST\n<ul>\n<li>$15\/month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Included\n<ul>\n<li>A kitchen bin for scraps<\/li>\n<li>Rolling cart to take it to road and hold full bags<\/li>\n<li>New bags weekly<\/li>\n<li>Weekly Pickup of scraps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commercial composting with Let Us Compost\n<ul>\n<li>$35\/week<\/li>\n<li>Collect scraps 5x a day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Accepted: \u201cMeat, bones, coffee, vegetables, fruit, leftovers, dairy and BPI certified wares\u201d<\/li>\n<li>All scraps collected taken to Classic City Composting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Conclusions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Large-scale composting operations, comparable to landfill garbage disposal, are far too costly to implement\n<ul>\n<li>Exceptions are in the North-east where regular land disposal is increasingly expensive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Important to consider legislative changes on the production side, forcing corporations to create products that are more easily recyclable\n<ul>\n<li>Put tax burden of recycling on corps, as there is no existing infrastructure to mindfully dispose of certain materials (see plastics, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Or force corps to put in place easier access to plastic recycling<\/li>\n<li>Maybe ask Roosevelt about creating state-wide\/national reform<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Large scale vermiculture is a serious system to be considered, as it efficiently produces compost (time wise)\n<ul>\n<li>A very in depth process, requiring constant attention<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Incineration\/Gasification might be a more lucrative\/useful waste management alternative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Composting Options for City Dwellers Composting Options for City Dwellers Commercial Composting Athens Clarke County} https:\/\/www.athensclarkecounty.com\/4457\/Commercial-Composting Costs Start-up costs: ~800K Equipment costs: ~750K What is accepted for compost: Bio solids (from\u00a0ACC Public Utilities Wastewater Treatment Facilities) Leaf\/limb debris and food scraps (from Let Us Compost, $15\/month service) Goals: Produce compost for sale ($12\/yd^3 or $2\/5 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/biol2103h\/group-5-to-group-6\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Group 5 to Group 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