Jobs
12-15 full time jobs will be created to operate the composting facility.
20-30 full time jobs will be created to transport material to and from the composting facility.
40-50 part time jobs will be created for 8 weeks during construction.

Recycling (AB939)
Nursery Products assists local communities with meeting strict recycling laws.  Assembly Bill 939 requires municipalities to recycle at least 50% of their waste or face fines of up to $10,000 per day.  Nursery Products will recycle up to 400,000 tons of material per year into compost. 

GHG Reduction
Nursery Products is located approximately 200 miles closer to Southern California communities than other recycling options in Arizona and Kern County.  Nursery Products will cause a reduction of about 2,000,000 miles in heavy duty diesel truck traffic each year.  This reduction of truck traffic will reduce greenhouse gas emissions 38,000 pounds per day or 13,870,000 pounds per year.

Saves Money
High Desert and Inland Empire public sanitation facilities desperately need biosolid management options that are local, environmentally safe, fiscally responsible and help comply with state recycling law.  The proposed Nursery Products project fits the bill on all four counts.

Green Facility
Nursery Products is a compost recycling facility.  Compost recycling is the most environmentally responsible way to manage biosolids and green material (compared to landfilling, land application or incineration).  The Nursery Products facility will be completely off the electric grid and operate on solar power.

Saves Water
Compost acts like a sponge holding the water at the roots of the crops and keeping them moist.  This is especially important in the High Desert area where much of the soil is sandy and does not retain water.  The compost created by Nursery Products will be used by local farmers and could save up to 30% of their water usage.

Safe Facility
Every scientific study of biosolids compost recycling from the National Academy of Sciences to the State Water Resources Control Board to the County’s own EIR show that both the composting process and the compost itself is safe.  Over the past 40 years, more than 10,000 scientific studies have been conducted on biosolid recycling.  Not one has proven there to be negative health impacts associated with it - especially to a community miles away.