SEATTLE (Recycling Monster): Upgrades to a composting facility at the Windham Solid Waste Management District are being hailed for their innovation and efficiency. “These enhancements double this facility’s composting capacity,” said Michelle Cherrier, chairwoman of the WSWMD Board. “It accommodates significantly more volume and tonnage within the same footprint, enabling this site to operate under the next larger size permit, a medium sized permit from the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Solid Waste Division.”

Windham Solid Waste Management District celebrated the completion of its compost facility expansion at an event last Thursday. Cherrier said the project is “possibly the most important development since the creation of this district and the addition, of course, of the solar.”

Started in 1995, the district is now made up of 18 member towns. In 2018, the 5-megawatt solar array on a closed landfill was energized. Food scraps are banned from landfill disposal under Vermont’s Act 148, Cherrier said.

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