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Publication Type:
| Trade |
Author(s): | Young, Michele;
Grobe, Karin |
Author Affiliation: | Young: San Jose Environmental Services Department; Grobe: Director, Organic Recyclers Anonymous |
Title: | Increasing government purchase of compost products: A turfgrass comeback at a soccer field gives momentum to policies designed to boost compost sales by city agencies |
Section: | Forums: Compost users Other records with the "Forums: Compost users" Section
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Source: | BioCycle, The Journal of Composting & Recycling. Vol. 41, No. 12, December 2000, p. 64, 66. |
Publishing Information: | Emmaus, PA: The JG Press, Inc. |
# of Pages: | 2 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Composting; Composts; Yard waste; Environmental stewardship; Case studies; Municipal agencies
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Geographic Terms: | San Jose, California |
Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the composting program in San Jose, California, "where approximately 90 percent of all San Jose material collected is processed into finished compost." Also discusses the Agriculture in Partnership program, designed "to support compost research and outreach and the marketing efforts of the processors." States that "new programs will include strategies to get municipal agencies to purchase more of the city's material." Provides an example of compost usage at the Creekside Soccer Complex in Cupertino. |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
Note: | Pictures, color & b/w |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Young, M., and K. Grobe. 2000. Increasing government purchase of compost products: A turfgrass comeback at a soccer field gives momentum to policies designed to boost compost sales by city agencies. BioCycle. 41(12):p. 64, 66. |
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