Re: Fw: Sludge disposal,or nutrient recycling?

Carolyn Orr (carolyn_orr@berea.edu)
Thu, 01 Jul 1999 13:40:35 -0400

There are two separate issues here...the use of sludge - totally
dependent on its origin and its processing...
... and the use of sludge somewhere besides where it is being produced
(NIMBY approach).
These two issues should not be mixed up. The first issue - the use of
sludge must be evaluasted on the community (and industry or lack of)
from which it originates and how it is processed... Check with Paducah
KY and see how they are handling theirs.

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Subject: Fw: Sludge disposal,or nutrient recycling?
Author: "Pat Elazar" Wrote

This originally came across on the Organic Gardening List pertaining to an
article in the Chicago Sun Times. (Sorry for the cross posting) I wanted to
offer the topic for discussion amongst SA-neters. Is this merely sludge
disposal,or nutrient recycling on an eco-shed scale?

Larry Newton wrote:

> Thought you all might find this interesting.
>
> Residents question sludge use on farm
> Chicago Sun Times June 30, 1999
> By Jon Schmid Environment Reporter
> Chicago's Waste Management Inc. wants to increase the city's recycling by
> spreading up to 60,000 tons a year of garbage particles on land owned by an
> organic farm in Kankakee County.
> The particles, called screenings, are sifted from residential garbage as
> part of the sorting process. They don't contain anything dangerous and make
> great fertilizer, said Scott Combis, division environmental engineer with
> Waste Management.
>

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