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Sandpoint council hears plan for local composting facility at SOAC, funded by Inflation Reduction Act grants
Summary
A Spokane sustainability consultant told the Sandpoint City Council on June 4 that a pilot composting system to process food and yard waste would be sited at the Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center and be operational by this fall.
A Spokane sustainability consultant told the Sandpoint City Council on June 4 that a pilot composting system to process food and yard waste would be sited at the Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center and be operational by this fall.
Eric Maketzen, founder and president of Resource Synergy, said the project is funded primarily by an EPA SWIFR grant under the Inflation Reduction Act and that the Kootenai Tribe purchased equipment and is gifting it to the University of Idaho for the project. Maketzen said Alterra Mountain Company also donated money and the University of Idaho is paying to prepare the site.
"Food waste and yard waste goes in one end. An auger mixes the material together over…
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