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Garrett Rawlings pedals a bicycle-powered generator to power a laptop computer at a booth during the third annual Intermountain Sustainability Summit at Weber State University on Wednesday. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

WSU speaker to area residents: A zero-waste community is possible, so get on it

Last updated Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 10:11pm

OGDEN — A zero-waste community is possible, but it’s going to take hard work.

So says Eric Lombardi, the keynote speaker at Weber State University’s third annual Intermountain Sustainability Summit, scheduled for Wednesday and today in the Shepherd Student Union.

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New specialty zone in Clearfield to open up tax incentives

Tanna Woods Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, January 5, 2012 - 12:55am

CLEARFIELD -- Businesses here will continue to be eligible for tax incentives by participating in a statewide program made possible by a recently approved specialty zone.

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Company gets contract to grind green waste at Bountiful landfill

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 5:15pm

BOUNTIFUL -- After some careful calculations, city officials have offered a two-year contract to a local company to grind green waste at the city landfill.

The city council voted 5-0 to award a two-year green waste grinding contract to Bob's Tree Service at a cost of approximately $425 per hour. The waste will be ground at the city landfill, located west of Legacy Highway.

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Ariz. startup turns garbage into compost

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 7:27pm

TEMPE, Ariz. -- It's said that one person's trash is another's treasure, but for a Tempe startup called EcoScraps, that trash is its very business model.

The fledgling business is based on the grocery industry's massive piles of fruits and vegetables that go bad before they can be sold and until now have been hauled to a landfill.

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Compost site alters operating hours

Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 7:36pm

The West Forest Street compost/green waste facility at 1650 W. Forest St. is adjusting its hours.

Beginning March 2 the compost site will be open Wednesday through Friday 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The facility will not be open to the public Mondays and Tuesdays; however, the area allows green waste dumping any time.

Recycle bins for steel, aluminum and cardboard are on site for the community to access. The site needs cooperation so household garbage, furniture and appliances are not deposited here. Questions may be referred to 435-723-3146.

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