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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1993-04-28, Page 3Mark Jacob, Hensel! Compost Facility manager demonstrates how the organic material heats up to 60 degrees, steaming hot, through bacterial reaction. The temperature is needed to kill off any weed seeds in the.compost. One facility for both town and scUDDI CottId Emellaes iso Ike joined milli lime seioalrs? . EXETER - Faced with a deteriorating -library build- ing that would require substantial renovations to meet public access standards, town council are considering some unusual options to preserve.library service inEx- eter. Council last week were considering a tetterf onirli- firarian Helen Hodgins docar tmg=dte,riatetietation of.the building when deputy ave.I.atsy, ,com- mented South Huron District.ifigh.SebooLaiasady:ltas a.fine library. "We don't need two librmies,:bookastrre veryy..oatsdy," said Fuller. :Mayor Bruce Shaw addedito:the:diseussion'the=fact that the Goderich High Schootbasniready made a sug- gestion to their town coutrcil:toatkorerone facility for school and town. 'Wu ea.114 Li13t19JC1., "With new technologies coming in its crazy to main- tain two facilities," said Shaw. The mayor noted the South Huron District High School librarymight be easily renovated 40providean .outside public entrance with wheelchair .accessibility :oto meet the whole town's needs. Councillor Ben Hoogenboom pointed outthe condi- .tion of the present library was already beyond what is zonsideredaceeptable. 'If-.itmtras =private building within the town we'd -probabtyliampreaching the owners about the state:te building's.in,"_saidHoogenboom. "It's in bad shape." "I aeould like to see council lake !the initiative and witeito:the school:board and lookat this whole issue ,Df libta sin ttte town.ofExeter,".said:Shaw, to which Times -Advocate, April 28,1993 ammitint facillity gots lutiihmadit MOM linnitlead By Adrian Harte T -A Editor HENSALL - Six months after it Alspened, the experimental Hensall ,aeomposting -facility received its tone -thousandth truckload of organ- '•4ic waste last week. As facility manager Mark Jacob 'explains u, the proof that such corn - 'posting programs are needed in On- rtario is in the fact 5,300 metric Aonnes of organic matter have ar- Atived at the' building, "and we've "Trocessed about half of that." The demand on the three- tgtannels that break down the mill wastes and other organic matter may he outstripping their capacity, -'bin:Jacob predicts -the facility may `tbeable to catch -up with the huge ,pile of material stored outside over •Atte course of the summer. The fall harvest will bring the next wave of grain screenings that would have otherwise ended up in the landfill. A landfill is just about the worst place to break down material, says Jacob, noting grass clippings have been proven to remain green and unchanged after being'buried for 20 years. In addition to grain screenings from the three Hensel) elevators which contributed to the project, -.Cooks, W.G. Thompson, and the 7Co-Op, woodchips are also being .added to the .compost "recipe" in the hope of st iiking the right bal- ance. Scraps Oftwood and card- board from local industries like General Homes, General Coach, rand Dashwood Industries are .;tground up and added.Zo.tihe cam - ,post lines. While it only takes I2,to14xays :or._the raw material 4o• be:7rans- fanned into top -grade nitrogen -rich weed -free compost, itmustasit%ra awtamonths on a cuting-pile. out- Aloors. Consequently, the Hernsall :write has only just started to ship out :its first product. Jacob said the finished compost, which meets all ministry require- ments for unrestricted use, is sold at 56 to S9 a cubic yard, depending on quality. Nurseries, landscaping and topsoil companies arc already buying the material, and Jacob said local farmers are also interested in adding it to their fields as a soil conditioner. There are no plans to bag the ma- terial for sale individually, howev- er. __ As for the future of the Net ill program, Jacob said he can see it being expanded beyond its present "pilot project" capacity into a facili- ty to handle organic and industrial waste from all over Humn County. "This could easily be expanded to include other waste," said Jacob, explaining that industrial products, food processing wastes, and super- MIMIF 4(1.C Y Imniet leftovers can all be easily added to the "recipe" Household leftovers aren't part of the plan, however, for which Jacob says the backyard composter is still the best solution. "Backyard composting is still the 'test thing you can do," he said. -Vttcob calls the Hensall program a 'true "closed-loop" system, in which compost created locally is returned to the area's land. "This facility is excellent because it promotes sustainability," he said. Although the Hensel) project cost over $1 million to build, Jacob says others like it can be expected to crop up around the province once its success is realized in other mu- nicipalities and regions. ler,-. MA NUFACTURFRS•1)1STR1RUTr N FACTORY OUTLETS WE HAVE IT ALL FOR GREAT CASUAL LWXNO FOR OUTDOORS AUdR fl4l�ts - GARDEN ARRAS CLASSICS �.. ilf r ,, .- - •1., 41, y =s -:4Rryd%Mlles• MTV: SIMPU'THE FINEST. • SHADEHOUSES •4LRIRFt TREES CNALPLANT DFLOWE�RS . llxlCwtIcrlk OWDUOR ACCEs3ORiE5 P iR44t/iCKTr,. CAST ALUMINUM P.V.C. 1Peddlitate the sitimte ta16119mt eawan.LvtRg1 AWE ALSO MANUFACTURE: • UMBRELLA • REMACE river ammo • !IMMURE OMRS1 MAD OFFICE; GRAND BEND, ONTARIO-. 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