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Study recommends Moto Park site for countywide yard-waste composting; grants key to viability
Summary
Consultant GT Environmental presented a 15-month feasibility study recommending a turned-windrow compost facility at Moto Park for Vanderburgh County yard waste; study says site could be profitable with ~50% grant coverage but would run at a loss without grants.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — A 15-month feasibility study presented to the Board of Parks Commissioners on July 16 recommends using an underused portion of Moto Park as a site for countywide yard-waste composting, and says grant funding will be necessary to make a full-scale operation financially viable.
Lauren Norvell, director of the Evansville Climate Collaborative, said the city and Vanderburgh County Solid Waste Management District partnered on the study to evaluate options for managing brush, leaves, grass trimmings and other yard debris that currently have few local processing options. Danny Schoust of GT Environmental delivered the consultant presentation and described the study's findings and recommendations.
GT Environmental estimated the county generates on the order of 30,000 tons of yard trimmings and…
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