6A • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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NEWS
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WEDNESDAY,OCT.24,2001
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Lawrence to transform more waste into compost
By Amy White Special to the Kansan
By late spring, the city of Lawrence hopes to be up to its knees in compost.
That's when the new composting facility is scheduled to open. The plant, at 1750 E. 11th St., will handle more waste faster and more efficiently, said Mollie Mangerich, operations supervisor for the waste reduction and recycling division.
The plant is a response to the city's successful recycling efforts. The Lawrence community recycles 29 percent of its trash, which is greater than both state and national averages. It hopes to expand its efforts by composting more material, including wood byproducts.
Although the plant will double in size, it will not be funded by taxpayers. Mangerich said the division would pay the initial $65,000 in start up costs.
$63,000 in startup capital. "We budget ahead in advance," Mangerich said. "It's the enterprise fund that pays the budget on our city's recycling division, so we don't have to go back and ask the people for more money to build this."
The Lawrence Public Works department's plan for a new facility will require the cooperation of
Justin Flowers, Dodge City sophomore, does yard work around his rented house and said he would use the new facility for more than just leaves and grass.
"It's in our best interest to try to save that money," she said. "Instead, we can compost it, and it costs very little to compost. Then we end up with a beneficial, reusable resource that we can use on city projects."
"We trim some bushes and ivy
only projects.
The solid waste division saved $130,000 in landfill fees recycling. Grass clipping and leaves, which are the only materials composted now, made up more than $99,000 of those savings.
The solid waste department has some long-term goals for the new site and its composting program, including plans for an education program. Mangerich said that waste reduction and recycling primarily wanted to educate people on how to handle their yard waste, either by "grasscycling," composting on their own, or bagging it in paper.
The existing composting site can't handle some of the new materials the public works department wants to add. In addition to the grass clippings and leaves, the public works department plans to collect and compost wood pallets and packages from local businesses, wood waste from construction and bushy waste from residential areas. Wood packaging is 10 percent of commercial solid waste.
Mangerich said she did not expect the fees for waste pickup to increase any more than the usual 1 to 2 percent. The current rate is $10.39 per month.
We mow," Flowers said. "Yeah, definitely, I'd use it."
Because the new site will handle more waste, the city can spend less money on sending trash to the landfill, Mangerich said.
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or bagging it in a box.
Mary Klayder, English lecturer,
already "grasscycles" her yard by
letting the clippings fall back into
the lawn and fertilize itself, but
she said she would like to see the
recycling program increased.
"We would definitely like anything that would help environmentally," Klayder said. "I think this community would be supportive of anything like that."
After the new site is running, the division would like to make the compost available to the public, either through sales of a pre-bagged product or a bag-your own operation, Mangerich said.
Contact White at 864-4810