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PRESIDENT JOHN WATSON welcomed members and guest Davis Geddes enroute by bus to Western Composting Technology.
President John Watson inducted Judy Newman into the Rotary Club of Numurkah.
CHAIR: P.P. TERRY BRENNAN:
Terry introduced Ken Martin site manager of Western Composting Technology.
Ken welcomed Rotarians to the site.
Councils need to look at alternatives to landfill with EPA setting high dollar value on tips, and the fact 1 tonne of waste generates 5 tonnes of gas.
The site was chosen away from residential area, and was built with European technology but using local tradesmen.
The plant is audited every year with an external audit every four years.
The organic waste material is mainly from kerbside collections from Shepparton, Moira, Wangaratta, Strathbogie, and Benalla Shires.
Abattoirs, law enforcement agencies, food processors and orchards waste is also processed at plant.
Trucks on arrival are weighed, identified, then dump load.
Load is then de-contaminated to remove non-organic waste. Contaminated waste is weighed and data sent to councils, before being compacted and sent to landfill.
35% of labour time at plant spent on de-contamination.
Organic waste is then moved to a tunnel for processing. The tunnel technology allows the controlling of temperature, moisture and oxygen levels and is a completely closed system, which minimises odour.
Maintained at 55 degrees for at least 3-5 days to start the compositing process.
Material then put into maturation rows and aerated to refine the product.
End product of compost sold for $16 cubic metre.
NEXT MEETING
DATE: MONDAY 14th NOVEMBER 2016
VENUE: NUMURKAH GOLF AND BOWLS CLUB
CHAIR: DIANNE HILL
APOLOGIES:
Bill Hewson
Phone: 5862 1944
Email: whe13166@bigpond.net.au
Politicians Road Trip
A bus load of politicians was traveling down a country road when, all of a sudden, the bus ran off the road and crashed into a tree in an old farmer's field.
The old farmer, after seeing what happened, went over to investigate. He then proceeded to dig a hole and bury the politicians.
A few days later the local sheriff came out, saw the crashed bus, and asked the farmer where all the politicians had gone.
The old farmer said he had buried them. The sheriff then asked the old farmer, "Were they ALL dead?"
The old farmer replied, "Well, some of them said they weren't, but you know how them politicians lie."
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