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  2. Newby Island landfill - Wikipedia

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    In 1973, Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) of Northern California began operation of this site late in 1973. [7] In 1981, a 166-acre (67 ha) expansion was approved, making Newby Island Landfill the largest landfill in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1994, composting operations started on the Newby site.

  3. Source-separated organics - Wikipedia

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    Organic materials collected in SSO programs typically get delivered to composting facilities where the waste is turned into nutrient-rich soil amendments known as compost. Organic feedstock can also be delivered to anaerobic digestion facilities that produce biogas, a source of renewable energy. The resulting biogas (methane) can then be used ...

  4. Home composting - Wikipedia

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    Bin Type - Composting indoors usually calls for a closed bin method while composting outside in the garden or yard allows for the open bin method without a cover. Compost bins can be purchased online but various alternatives for closed compost bins are old wooden dressers, garbage cans, wine crates, and more while open compost bins can be made ...

  5. How to Make Your Own Compost - AOL

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  7. San Francisco Mandatory Recycling and Composting Ordinance

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    It has provided the leverage of law and participation rates have increased as a result. Since the mandatory ordinance went into effect, "composting has increased by 45 percent, and the City is now sending nearly 600 tons of food scraps, soiled paper, and yard trimmings to Recology's compost facilities daily, up from 400 tons a year ago."

  8. City compost facility opening April 1 - AOL

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    Mar. 8—NORWALK — The city compost facility, located on Austie Shadle Drive by Baines Park, will open for the season on April 1. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday and ...

  9. Green bin - Wikipedia

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    Another common colour in the UK for garden waste collection is a brown wheelie bin. Some councils collect food waste in a separate container for example, for anaerobic digestion or mixed with garden waste in the wheelie bin, where they go to an in vessel composting facility. In both cases a kitchen caddy, a 7-litre plastic box, is provided by ...