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"The University currently employs traditional landfill
disposal of solid wastes generated on campus. Due to
the many environmental problems associated with
landfills, we recommend that Sewanee consider using a
local company called WastAway instead. WastAway (of the
Bouldin Corporation) recycles household garbage into
safe, usable materials. Employing the same pick-up
system, our waste could be transported to a near-by
WastAway facility (actually closer than our current
landfill),
where it would be converted into a stable substance called
fluff that can be used as an effective growing medium or
extruded to make products such as park benches, parking
curbs, landscaping timbers, and fences. This switch
would protect our local environment as well as benefiting
local economies. The WastAway system was developed in
near-by McMinville, TN and produces many jobs for
communities currently suffering from relocation of
manufacturing plants overseas. Further, Sewanee could
display this environmentally sustainable choice through
developing a demonstration garden that utilizes fluff for
growing plants and the attractive recycled benches and
fences for its necessary structures."
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