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Web URL(s): | http://www.biocycle.net/2009/07/21/municipal-yard-trimmings-composting-benefit-cost-analysis/ Last checked: 01/17/2014 |
Publication Type:
| Trade |
Author(s): | Miller, Ian;
Angiel, Jeffrey |
Author Affiliation: | Miller: Senior Economist, Ecology & Environment Incorporated and Solid Waste Committee; Angiel: Assistant Municipal Engineer and Committee Liason, Amherst, New York |
Title: | Quantifying environmental benefits: Municipal yard trimmings composting benefit cost analysis |
Source: | BioCycle, The Journal of Composting & Recycling. Vol. 50, No. 7, July 2009, p. 21-24. |
Publishing Information: | Emmaus, PA: The JG Press, Inc. |
# of Pages: | 4 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Clippings; Composting facilities; Cost efficiency; Environmental benefits; Facility profile; Labor costs; Yard waste
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Facility Names: | Town of Amherst Compost Facility, in Amherst, New York |
Abstract/Contents: | Profiles the town of Amherst's composting facilty, stating that "the town of Amherst, New York operates a highly successful composting facility serving a community of 117,000 residents." Also states that "the decision to build and operate the publicly owned 85,000 cubic yard facility was based in part on a desire to avoid high landfill disposal costs and to establish the resource recovery facility as the foundation of an environmentally progressive integrated solid waste management program." |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Miller, I., and J. Angiel. 2009. Quantifying environmental benefits: Municipal yard trimmings composting benefit cost analysis. BioCycle. 50(7):p. 21-24. |
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