Thanks to Grants, Colorado Compost Facility Will Implement Waste Reduction Pilot

Grand Junction, Colo. will soon implement a Composting and Food Waste Reduction Pilot following a two-year gran from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

The $126,000 grant will go towards an objective to showcasing the necessity for upgrades at the Mesa County Compost Facility for food waste composting. Other improvements will promote a circular economy through enhanced resource management and compost utilization.

“We are thrilled to have received this grant which allows us to demonstrate the need for increasing food waste composting...Through our recent pilot study, we realized the benefits of using compost to conserve water while repurposing this valuable, natural resource. This two-year grant will allow for an expansion of our efforts.... By increasing the amount, we are able to compost for use on our gardens and for our orchards and farms, we conserve valuable space in the landfill and increase our capacity for collection on a local level,” said Jay Valentine, the General Services director of the City of Grand Junction.

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