Controlling and preventing fires at compost facilities.

Authors :: Riggle, David
Source :: BioCycle. May96, Vol. 37 Issue 5, p58. 6p. 3 Color Photographs, 2 Black and White Photographs.
Publication Year :: 1996
Abstract: Features various approaches to fire control and prevention used by composting center operators in the United States. Ohio-based Barnes Nursery's use of a loader to isolate smoldering chips; Phoenix, Arizona-based Western Organics' dealing with windrow and storage pile fires; Fire at the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Pilot Composting Facility. INSET: Why spontaneous combustion?.; Advice from a wood recycler....