Farmers enter compost business

Journal Article · Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1986 · BioCycle; (United States)

OSTI ID:6300138

Goldstein, N

One sixth of Massachusett's six million tons of solid waste can be composted economically. The Department of Food and Agriculture intends to survey and identify the existing and potential markets for compost and their demand characteristics and to promote the use of compost as an environmentally sound alternative to existing uses of synthetic fertilizers and conditioners. Various pilot projects have been set up composting poultry manures, horse manures, fish wastes, shredded newspaper, cheese whey, wood ash, etc.

• OSTI ID: 6300138
• Journal Information: BioCycle; (United States), Vol. 27:10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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