Gold Medal For Composting Is Only One-Third The Story

摘要

With facilities in Montana, Idaho and Hawaii, a company takes stock of its accomplishments, challenges and opportunities -- while getting ready to accept an award for excellence.LAST MONTH, the staff who operate the EKO Systems composting site on Maui, Hawaii learned that they received the Gold 2004 Composting Excellence Award from Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) for their "commitment to achieving the highest standards in the solid waste industry." According to John Harder, chief of Maui County's Solid Waste Division, nearly 50 percent of the county's landfill diversion is the direct result of EKO and its sister company, Pacific Biodiesel (see sidebar).