Compost recycling has been an important part of agriculture for literally centuries. The proposed High Desert Compost Recycling Facility will benefit the local community in a number of ways:
- It saves water. Compost acts like a sponge when spread on crops. It retains the water and allows farmers to use less water to irrigate their crops. Compost recycling is a valuable tool that will help the Inland Empire in its effort to develop a sustainable water management program that ensures adequate water resources for a growing economy.
- It saves money. Local residents could pay up to 50% more to truck this recyclable material to a landfill for disposal. The cost to transport and recycle compost Barstow's biosolids at the Adelanto facility was $40 per ton. The cost to transport and landfill Barstow's biosolids at a North San Diego County landfill is $60 per ton. Recycled compost is also an economic boon to local farmers as it provides more robust cops and saves costly water.
- It provides farmers with a valuable resource. Recycled compost provides the key nutrients that crops and plants need to survive and thrive. Farmers that use Nursery Products' recycled compost report more robust crops in addition to the added benefit of water conservation.
- It Sustains the Earth for a Better Tomorrow. Compost recycling is simply good environmental stewardship. There is no scientific evidence that recycled compost is dangerous. In fact, they sell it by the bag in the garden section of your local home improvement stores like Lowe's and The Home Depot. Compost saves water - an important environmental resource - and compost is safer for the environment than chemical fertilizers.
- It's the law. State law says that communities must recycle 50% of all its waste, and that percentage could go up soon. While most people will recycle paper, bottles and cans if it is convenient to do so, few people realize that biosolid recycling is another key component in a community's recycling portfolio. And in this case, recycling is cheaper than throwing it away.
