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Products from fossil carbon sources, such as coal, oil and natural gas, have helped propel civilization into the industrial era. But with fossil fuels have come various forms of air, water and soil pollution, of which the biggest problem may turn out to be carbon dioxide, the main cause of atmospheric warming. Fossil carbon resources are non-renewable. As they become depleted, they are gone forever. If we are going to develop sustainable communities that are not dependent on non renewable fossil carbon sources, we need to develop renewable carbon resources.
There is no such thing as "organic waste"- only mismanaged organic resources.
Renewable Carbon Management LLC serves to foster the development of sustainable communities by providing technologies and management expertise for converting underutilized renewable carbon resources into usable fuels, fiber, fertilizer and food products.
It all begins with composting.
Every year, billions of tons of renewable carbon resources are wasted, many of these resources oxidized into carbon dioxide or worse, methane, a gas that is thirty-eight times as potent a global warming gas as carbon dioxide. In the United States alone, 230 million tons of discarded products are landfilled, and at least 70% of these resources are organic materials such as paper, wood, food, leaves, and grass clippings. Nearly all of these 160 million tons per year can be recycled as compost, a renewable carbon resource that is a fertilizer and soil amendment that can be used to grow various fuel crops, fiber crops like trees, hemp, and cotton, fertilizer, and every food crop imaginable.
Composting is a key to reducing waste in landfills.
In the United States, over two billion tons per year of agricultural residues such as food processing byproducts, manure, and field residues go underutilized. Too often, these resources are left to rot in stockpiles, burned, or applied on soils in a way that causes water pollution rather than promotes plant growth. Too much manure is left in lagoons where it decomposes into methane, making the greenhouse gas problem worse than ever. Vast areas of farmland are deficient in organic matter and nutrients and need composted manure to improve tilth and sustainability. Only composting can process organic residuals into forms that can be transported from areas of overmuch concentration into areas where they are desperately needed.
Composting is a key to reducing manure management problems.
Wastewater treatment facilities are having a difficult time keeping up with population growth and the requirements for clean water. The cost of constructing new wastewater treatment plants is increasing and out of reach for most developing countries. Untreated wastewater pollutes rivers, lakes, streams and oceans. Improperly stabilized wastewater treatment solids, in some cases, raw sewage, is too often being spread on farmland for disposal instead of for beneficial use. Composting reduces the capital and operating cost of wastewater treatment facilities and produces a stabilized product called "Class A compost" that is safe to use for all land application and horticulture needs.
Composting is a key to reducing water pollution problems.
Livestock operations do not have to generate odors. Air quality problems such as odors from confined animal feeding operations, wastewater treatment facilities, landfills could be eliminated using composting and compost-based biofilters. Diverting organic matter from landfills alone would reduce methane such that the United States could meet 10% of the greenhouse gas reduction goals of the Kyoto accord, an agreement the rest of the world is working to guide sustainable growth. If the United States were to implement composting programs, air quality and methane reduction could substantially increase.
Composting is a key to reducing air pollution problems.
Soil quality decreases every year due to non-sustainable farming practices such as plowing, overmuch reliance on chemical fertilizers, soil compaction, and insufficient organic matter returned to the soil. The lowering of the organic matter percentage of the topsoil each year has the effect of reducing earthworm populations, thereby reducing the porosity and tilth of the soil. Compacted and less friable soils have the effect of increasing stormwater run-off, decreasing water percolation in the soil, and promoting erosion. More run-off means a more severe impact of drought due to less soil moisture and more frequent and severe floods. Topsoil is being lost as the organic matter in the soil is oxidized as a result of our farming practices. Spreading compost restores the organic matter in a soil, prevents drought and flood, and promotes sustainable plant growth.
Composting is a key to reducing problems of flood and drought.
Renewable Carbon Management LLC is an international company based in the United States that is providing affordable composting solutions through equipment selection and project management services. For any composting need, we can develop and implement a strategy to divert organic materials from the landfill, upgrade solids handling at wastewater treatment facilities and convert agricultural residuals such as manure into valuable products.
Services offered:
Sustainability assessment and education - help your community identify and reduce its dependence on non-renewable resources
Source separation programs for all commercial and residentail organics, not just yard trimmings
Wastewater treatment facility solids handling engineering and upgrades
Composting facility design
Permitting and public relations
Equipment selection
Site construction management
Facility financing
Facility operator training
Facility management
Regulatory compliance documentation
Compost marketing and beneficial use programs
Sustainable land use planning to maximize renewable resources and minimize greenhouse gas production
The City of Hutchinson, Minnesota Sustainability Case Study
By Professor Ernie Diedrich, Saint John's University
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