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Say No to Artificial Turf at Crocker Amazon Park

There are no real benefits to artificial turf — only serious drawbacks. We’re asking San Francisco residents to send a message to the Recreation and Parks Department saying that they should not install artificial turf on the playing fields at Crocker Amazon Park.

What to do with your Halloween pumpkins? Compost!

With autumn in full swing and Halloween behind us, it’s the perfect time to give your pumpkins a second life through pumpkin composting!

Each year, Americans toss more than a billion pounds of pumpkins into the trash, but composting them keeps organic waste out of landfills and incinerators while creating nutrient-rich soil for our communities.

Howard County, MD, makes it easy to take part through the Harvest Heap program:

Drop off pumpkins at Alpha Ridge Landfill or Robinson Nature Center. Howard County residents participating in the Feed the Green Bin food scrap collection program can set

Testimony for SB229, On-Farm Composting

SB229: Environment – On–Farm Composting Facilities – Permit Exemption House Environment and Transportation Committee March 30, 2022

Positon: Favorable

Dear Chairman Barve and Members of the Committee,

Clean Water Action supports SB229 to expand the footprint of on-farm compost facilities, and we appreciate the amendments that Senator Gallion and Delegate Shetty agreed to which strengthen the entire on-farm compost permit.

The legislation looks a little different than HB184 did when your committee heard it in early 2022. The Senate Amendments:

Added the reporting and 24-hour hour window to
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