Mulch production from yard trash

Florida's Pinellas County initiated a recycled yard trash mulch program in August 1989. In 1988, Florida passed the Solid Waste Management Act requiring each county to recycle 30% of its solid waste by 1994. Yard waste recycling can be used to achieve up to 50% of that goal. A 1989-1990 waste c...

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Published in:Biocycle 1992-09, Vol.33 (9), p.34-37
Main Authors: Ragsdale, J.V. (City of St. Petersburg Sanitation Department), Stasis, P, Rudd, M.J, Bradshaw, J
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
APROVECHAMIENTO DE DESECHOS
Beautification projects
Biological and medical sciences
Case studies
COMPOSTAGE
COMPOSTING
Costs
Counties
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
ELABORACION DEL COMPOST
FLORIDA
FLORIDE
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General agronomy. Plant production
HOJARASCA
Implementations
Landfill
LITIERE VEGETALE
MATERIAL ORGANICO DE COBERTURA
MULCH
MULCHES
Nitrogen
Other nutrients. Amendments. Solid and liquid wastes. Sludges and slurries
Pathogens
PILOT PROJECTS
PLANT LITTER
PROJET DE DEVELOPPEMENT
PROYECTOS DE DESARROLLO
Recycling
Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility. Fertilization. Amendments
State laws
UTILISATION DES DECHETS
Waste management industry
WASTE UTILIZATION
Yard waste
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Summary:Florida's Pinellas County initiated a recycled yard trash mulch program in August 1989. In 1988, Florida passed the Solid Waste Management Act requiring each county to recycle 30% of its solid waste by 1994. Yard waste recycling can be used to achieve up to 50% of that goal. A 1989-1990 waste characterization study determined that yard waste amounted to up to 260,000 tons a year. Presently, 29,000 tons are recycled in the county, representing an 11% capture rate. The yard debris is collected at the curbside and at dropoff centers. Recycled mulch has been utilized for such purposes as beautification projects along interstate mediums, soil stabilization along highways, and residential landscaping. To ensure quality control and to produce a safe marketable mulch, windrows were monitored and tested throughout the processing. The county is studying the option of contracting yard trash recycling services to a private company as volume projections increase beyond the existing labor and equipment capabilities of the Department of Solid Waste Management.
ISSN:0276-5055