{"id":50312,"date":"2013-09-30T15:30:48","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T19:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=50312"},"modified":"2013-09-29T14:56:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-29T18:56:00","slug":"oneida-herkimer-solid-waste-authority-yard-waste-compost-certified-by-us-composting-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=50312","title":{"rendered":"Oneida Herkimer Solid Waste Authority Yard Waste Compost Certified By US Composting Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/compost-seal.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-50313\" alt=\"compost seal\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/compost-seal.jpg?resize=300%2C114\" width=\"300\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/compost-seal.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/compost-seal.jpg?resize=150%2C57&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>(Herkimer, NY &#8211; Sept. 2013) The Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority has produced high quality yard waste compost since 1991, and has marketed over 69,000 yards to residents and businesses in Oneida and Herkimer Counties. The Authority is pleased to announce that as of September 2013, its compost has been certified by the U.S. Composting Council (USCC) under their \u201cSeal of Testing Assurance\u201d program, which is the only compost testing and labeling program in the Country. This means that the Authority\u2019s compost has been rigorously tested by third party laboratories to ensure that it meets all state and federal environmental requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The Authority\u2019s finished compost is made entirely from processed brush, leaves and grass clippings, fully cured and screened to \u00bd\u201d. Through this certification, the Authority can promise that residents and businesses are purchasing consistent, high-quality compost that is guaranteed to provide maximum benefits.<\/p>\n<p>The third party laboratory will perform chemical, physical and biological tests on the Authority\u2019s compost quarterly to insure that the compost remains in compliance. The USCC certification will allow the Authority\u2019s compost to be available for purchase in large volumes to professional users such as landscape architects and soil suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResidents and businesses reap both environmental and economic benefits from using compost. Using compost enriches soil with nutrients, making plants grow better, retains moisture, suppresses plant disease, and reduces the need for costly chemical fertilizers and pesticides,\u201d stated Authority Director of Recycling David Lupinski.<\/p>\n<p>The Authority\u2019s compost is available at both Utica and Rome Residential Convenience Stations.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Authority\u2019s compost and certification specifications, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohswa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.ohswa.org<\/a>\u00a0or call 733-1224.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Herkimer, NY &#8211; Sept. 2013) The Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority has produced high quality yard waste compost since 1991, and has marketed over 69,000 yards to residents and businesses in Oneida and Herkimer Counties. The Authority is pleased to announce that as of September 2013, its compost has been certified by the U.S. Composting Council [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22341],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regional"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-d5u","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}