Comments on: ECUA Now Offering ‘Bloom’ Compost

By: Nicole Frenk

Nicole Frenk — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 06:17:29 +0000

Is this product still available for purchase? And is it available to nonECUA customers? I live in Milton and am looking for 2-4 cubic yards of compost to start gardening in my backyard.

By: Elise

Elise — Tue, 21 May 2019 18:02:39 +0000

Can this be used as fill to mix with sand to promote grass to grow quickly and can we pick up on a Saturday?

By: Rodric Hammond

Rodric Hammond — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 18:01:35 +0000

Mushroom compost can be purchased at Lowes.

By: Bert

Bert — Sat, 21 May 2016 15:04:05 +0000

Isn’t ECUA a government entity? Why not use it at our local prisons that grow crops, for the county use or the dump.
Why by it? People could mix their own human waste compost…(that could seriously open a can of worms).
Wait, how can this not smell? Sounds like somebody thinks their stuff don’t stink. I don’t think it’s a good idea.

By: Don

Don — Fri, 20 May 2016 18:37:18 +0000

TG “Don if you are buying any fruit or vegetables at the grocery store you are already enjoying this fertilizer.”

well with 36 acres and orchards my family has no need for store bought items,other than staples like coffee,salt etc…and our livestock makes PLENTY of
compostable material. not sure if produce stands are using this but I’d find out!!

By: jeeperman

jeeperman — Fri, 20 May 2016 16:31:43 +0000

The biosolids or sludge used in the compost is NOT heat dried in a tumble dryer/oven.
One of the benefits of adding it to the compost pile is that the composting process generates 130 to 150 degree heat. Which does what the dryer/oven does.
And eventually when ECUA can use all of the biosolids generated by the poopoo plant, they will save over a million dollars a year in the cost of operating the dryer/oven.
A good right up of the process can be read here:
http://ricksblog.biz/ecua-getting-into-recycling-in-a-big-way/

By: Nathalie Bowers

Nathalie Bowers — Fri, 20 May 2016 13:54:40 +0000

Here is a link to a video about the compost facility that is on the ECUA website’s compost page. I think it will answer most of the questions posted here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3bQPvVjuXc&feature=youtu.be

By: tg

tg — Fri, 20 May 2016 12:20:50 +0000

Don if you are buying any fruit or vegetables at the grocery store you are already enjoying this fertilizer.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Fri, 20 May 2016 10:41:56 +0000

REGARDING:
“Can you get mushroom compost around here?”

Down on Sorrento Road, west of the Blue Angel Wal-Mart on your left (south side).

David for fried mushrooms

By: Ren

Ren — Fri, 20 May 2016 03:44:01 +0000

@citizen The sludge is put in a dryer like tumbler and is dried, killing the bacteria that makes the sludge smell. It is heated to high enough temperatures that pathogens cannot survive. It is then combined with organic waste to create the compost.