Exploring the economics of on-farm composting

From: BioCycle | Date: February 1, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES

Interviews with farm composters in the Pacific Northwest put some numbers around one of the fastest growing sectors of the organics recycling industry.

Part I

WHEN exploring the merits of on-farm composting, the question most often raised is: What are the economics? How do the savings or revenues from onfarm composting compare to the costs? Of course, the answer is the ever present "it depends." Expenses, resources, revenue opportunities, environmental constraints and circumstances vary greatly from one farm to the next. Most people would agree that composting brings ...

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