Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
Pennsylvania roadkill managed nature's way.
Under a new program in Lehigh County, deer carcasses would be taken to a compost facility and turned into raw material for fertilizer to nurture plants along the roads.
The carcasses are now hauled to private landfills or pits on state game lands, and the roadkill recycling plan could save the state money as well as provide fertilizer.
To sum up:
"You can compost anything," said environmental engineer Bill Prince of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "You can compost me and you."TrackBack
Huh. I thought meat was the one thing you always kept out of the compost pile.
Posted by: apostropher at November 25, 2003 10:06 AMIn your bin behind your house, yes. It's too small and won't generate enough heat to decompose meat quickly enough (ie before smelling and attracting animals). If the pile is large enough and maintained correctly, as with most commercial facilities, you generate heats in excess of 130 degrees F. Carcasses will fully compost under these tightly controlled circumstances in as little as 30 days, although 3-6 months is more common. Composting is becoming a very real (and profitable) industrial operation.
Posted by: froz gobo at November 25, 2003 10:36 AMSo the days of Guido making a midnight deposit at the landfill are numbered, eh?
Posted by: Tripp at November 25, 2003 11:10 AMFunny that. Every landfill (and I'm professionally familiar with several) has its legends about "final resting places" for various ne'er-do-wells who crossed the wrong folks. Some folks just have bad luck.
For others, however, fate is a little more benevolent.
Posted by: froz gobo at November 25, 2003 01:52 PM