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Becker County approves equipment purchases and $178,966 organics grant to pilot food-waste composting
Summary
The county authorized purchases to improve transfer-station sorting and accepted a state grant to pilot a source-separated organics program; staff described expected collection steps, hauling and next steps.
Becker County environmental services staff won commissioner approval to buy equipment for the transfer station and to accept a Minnesota organics grant intended to pilot source-separated food-waste collection.
Steve (Environmental Services) told the board the department sought a series of capital items aimed at improving on-site sorting and reducing disposal costs. The purchases approved by the board included a grapple/skeleton bucket to handle shingles and brush ($25,350); a sorting grapple for the transfer station ($23,250); a concrete pulverizer attachment to break up reinforced concrete ($29,750); and radios for transfer-station and natural…
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