Composting begins at Denver school | From YourHub.com
Fertilizing new ideas: Composting begins at northwest Denver elementary school
Kathryn Reichert, March 24, 2010 | Read the story here.
A Highland elementary school is discovering that one person’s trash also can be another’s fertilizer.
In an innovative partnership, parent Yael Nyholm struck a deal with a commercial composting company to pick up compost from Academia Ana Maria Sandoval Elementary for free in exchange for getting her neighbors to pay for their own composting pick up.
Waste Farmers, a commercial composting company, was able to get business in an area they hadn’t previously served. So far, 16 households have signed up. While Waste Farmers makes its rounds, it makes an extra stop for free at the school.
