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Wine & Water Watch attended the hearing. 95% of the people attending were supportive of the compost facility. The Board of Public Utilities voted to go ahead with the plan. Next step is CEQA. The Board said they would be looking into mitigation for the neighbors. The county has been transporting our green waste …
UPDATE FROM HEARING: Renewable Sonoma Needs Your Support Read More »
Renewable Sonoma Needs Your Support This is very short notice. I received a note explaining that Renewable Sonoma just learned that the City of Santa Rosa is being pressured by a neighborhood group on Llano Rd. to oppose what the City previously determined, after extensive public input, was the “preferred site” for the new municipal …
Round trip from Santa Rosa to Vacaville is 80 miles. Sonoma County started off sourcing our green waste in October of 2015. About 22.38 pounds of CO2 are produced by burning a gallon of diesel fuel. If each truck drives 20,000 miles a year we are looking at 447,600 pounds of green house gases emitted …
Carbon Footprint: How much CO2 is emitted by waste hauling each year in the US? Read More »
“This is very short notice but Renewable Sonoma just learned that the City of Santa Rosa is being pressured by a neighborhood group on Llano Rd. to oppose what the City previously determined, after extensive public input, was the “preferred site” for the new municipal composting facility – at the city’s Laguna Treatment Plant. Due …
TUESDAY AUGUST 7 THE FUTURE OF COMPOST IN SONOMA COUNTY Sonoma County is getting closer to a much-needed return of large-scale commercial composting after years of out-hauling its municipal green waste, a burden to taxpayers, overall sustainability and our local farmers. Join us at the monthly Farmers Guild to learn more and to provide input …
THE FUTURE OF COMPOST IN SONOMA COUNTY, August 7th, Grange Hall 7pm Read More »
Will Bakx, teacher, scientist and expert is coming back to Sonoma County to make more of his wonderful compost. What this article does NOT mention is the GHG that have been emitted for years to haul off green waste. It’s about time and congrats to Will, Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) and others who …
Commercial compost operation proposed in Santa Rosa Read More »