The Compost Demonstration Site remains open for self guided tours on the corner of Mogollon and Dale streets. Most of the material collected on site came from New Frontiers grocery and Beaver Street Brewery in the form of produce and spent grains. A similar amount of spent grains were collected from the Brewery. The benefits of business composting are evident from the cost savings and soil remediation aspects. Students at the FUSD New Start program manage the compost site and the material is given to community gardeners nearby.
Students get a real hands-on experience during their tour of the Compost Demonstration Site.
Conservation programs in the schools are available beginning this fall. Last year over 4,000 students participated in programs covering the topics of recycling, composting, worm composting, landfill operation, packaging issues, renewable and nonrenewable resources and waste reduction. Call Ellen at 779-7624 for more information. The Salvage Source, a construction and demolition waste assessment project is looking for demolition sites in or near Flagstaff. The focus is to identify reusable and recyclable materials that would otherwise be sent to the landfill, and to create a reusers network.