Compost Facility
Faced with a Florida ban on landfill
disposal of yard trimmings and a need to find an alternative to
landfilling wastewater residuals, the Solid Waste Authority designed
and constructed the Second Nature Compost Facility. This
facility, which opened in 1991 as a four bay pilot facility, was
expanded to 36 bays in 1994.
The compost facility accepts
wastewater residuals generated primarily by the City of
West Palm Beach and mulch produced by the
SWA from vegetative debris from curbside collection routes. Through a 14-21 day
process the material is converted into compost. The SWA
compost is an Exceptional Quality product approved for all horticultural
applications. For more information, click on the following
links.
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Yard Waste
