Connections: Calculating Potential For Compost Use On Highways.

If highways used thecompost the same way a good farmer does: 145,000 tons ofcompost for Caltrans/750,750 total tons of compost = 19%of the total compost produced. (Above)Application of compost blanket Photos courtesy ofCaltrans Photo courtesy of Caltrans Utilization of compost socks on slope in California Photocourtesy of Caltrans References Brown, S. and N. Beecher. CLIMATE, CONNECTIONS, MARKETS, STORM WATER MANAGEMENT If highways used compost the same way a good farmerdoes, Departments of Transportation would becomesubstantial compost consumers. [Extracted from the article]