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Havre de Grace Green Team reports five-year composting success, council asks administration to explore second compost site
Summary
The Havre de Grace Green Team told the council its compost program has diverted roughly 116 tons of food waste since 2020; volunteers and council members urged expansion and the council asked the mayor and administration to work with the group on a second site and return with funding recommendations.
Havre de Grace94The Havre de Grace Green Team presented its annual update on June 16, reporting sustained public use of a downtown compost enclosure and progress on the Todd Park food forest, and the council asked the administration to explore a second composting location.
Danielle Wolfe, president of the Havre de Grace Green Team, told the council the compost enclosure opened in June 2020 at Hutchins Park (sometimes referenced as Hutchins/Hutchins Park in materials) and now has five bins. Volunteers and a contractor haul material weekly. Wolfe said since June 2020 the program has kept "over 233,000 pounds or 116 tons of food waste out of the landfill,"…
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