Penn Vet is eyeing a composting facility for dead animals in West Marlborough Where there are live animals, there are eventually dead animals. It is a situation with which New Bolton Center Hospital, the animal hospital at University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine and one of the largest teaching vet clinics in the country, is acutely familiar. And as the clinic’s caseload grows for large animals — and thereby, the fatalities it must grapple with — the safe disposal of the bodies has become essential. With somewhat limited options and an eye for sustainability, the animal hospital, which sees more than 6,000 patients a year, is now looking to build a composting facility on its 700-acre property in Chester County. “If I had my magic wand and could just make it so that animals go poof and disappear, that would be fantastic,” said Aliza Simeone, assistant professor of clinical infectious diseases and biosecurity at the New Bolton Center. “But unfortunately, we have to actually deal with the realities of it.” Conversations are still preliminary, as the center hasn’t yet submitted a conditional use application to build in West Marlborough Township. But it began discussions with the municipality’s leadership earlier this year and held a forum for residents this week to broach the...

Penn Vet is eyeing a composting facility for dead animals in West Marlborough
->The Philadelphia Inquirer | More on "Penn Vet animal composting facility" at BigEarthData.ai | #Composting #SoilHealth

Maryland #legislature nears approval of on-farm #composting bill www.wastedive.com/news/marylan...

Turning waste into climate solutions: Meta-analysis reveals how smarter composting cuts emissions and boosts fertilizer quality By analyzing data from more than a thousand experiments, researchers found that targeted composting control measures can simultaneously reduce greenhouse gas emissions, suppress odors, and improve fertilizer quality. The findings demonstrate that composting—often viewed as environmentally friendly but imperfect—can be optimized to retain nutrients while sharply lowering methane, nitrous oxide, and ammonia emissions. Rapid growth in global consumption is generating unprecedented amounts of organic waste, projected to reach 3.4 billion tons annually by 2050. Much of this waste still ends up in landfills or open dumps, where decomposition releases methane and nitrous oxide—greenhouse gases far more potent than carbon dioxide. Composting has emerged as a key alternative because it converts waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer while reducing landfill pressure. However, poorly managed composting can release large quantities of greenhouse gases and odorous pollutants while losing valuable nutrients, limiting its environmental benefits. Although many mitigation strategies exist, their overall effectiveness has remained unclear due to fragmented and sometimes contradictory experimental results. A study (DOI: 10.48130/ebp-0025-0022) published in Environmental and Biogeochemical Processes on 27 January 2026 by Dong Liu’s & Fuqiang Yu’s team, Chinese Academy of Sciences, provides evidence-based strategies to make composting more climate-friendly while improving fertilizer quality and resource recycling. Using...

Turning waste into climate solutions: Meta-analysis reveals how smarter composting cuts emissions and boosts fertilizer quality
->Newswise | More on "Composting emissions reduction fertilizer optimization" at BigEarthData.ai | #SoilHealth #Emission #ClimateChange #Composting

"Check out how composting workshops are transforming school life in Southern Brazil, turning food scraps into natural fertilizer and growing environmental awareness"(IA)
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#Agroecology #Composting #EnvironmentalEducation #Citizenship

📽️ In this short clip, we unpack the growing rift over federal waste funding in the 2026 US #FarmBill where local #composting operations are competing with #biogas mega-projects for the same pool of money. Industry calls it progress; critics call it greenwashing. What do you think?

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#Composting and #Worm-Farming All You Need to Know About Creating an Organic Compost, #Vermiculture, Vermicomposting, and Making the richest compost on the planet without added fertilizer. This is for All Organic Gardeners Everywhere

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Cool cities w/ beautiful #greeninfrastructure #greenroofs #livingwalls #communitygardens #foodforests #raingardens #permeablepavers #composting #greenalleys #habitatcorridors #rainbarrels #compost #bioswales #streettrees #nativeplants #constructedweetlands. Many low cost interventions w/ good ROI

Thanks to Glenboig Community Garden for hosting the 2nd of our composting workshops where Jenny from Propagate helped to myth bust & answer everyone's questions.
Want to know more about composting? See https://f.mtr.cool/ywsnrfemje
#Lanarkshire #ClimateAction #Composting #LetsDoNetZero

How long have you been #composting? In Taipei I don't have a house with garden like in Peru, but I joined forces with other students and we do it in campus. #Foodwaste from the cafeteria, sawdust from the Forestry department, and vegetable plots for all of us to enjoy #recycle #waste #greencities

homemade compost bin from pallets and decking

Compost Gold! 🏆 The secret to lush gardens? A perfect blend of green (nitrogen-rich) and brown (carbon-rich) waste. 🌱🍂 Kitchen scraps, grass clippings, and dried leaves work wonders together. Start composting today for healthier plants and a greener planet! #composting #gardening #sustainability