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Article: Composting prison food residuals
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- BioCycle
- Article date:
- August 1, 1997
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CopyrightCopyright J.G. Press Inc. Aug 1997. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Correctional facility in Connecticut operates demonstration project to help achieve state recycling goals.
The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) has begun a three-year food residuals composting demonstration project designed both as a model for potential start-up operations and a means of helping the state achieve its goal to recycle and reduce 40 percent of its waste stream by the year 2000. Inmates at four participating facilities are proving to be integral to the pilot, which is diverting organics from the landfill, saving money through reduced disposal costs and meeting the prison's goal of giving prisoners meaningful jobs that provide skills they might be able to use upon ...