Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Get your "pickled" grass...for cows

Republic Services, which collects garbage and recyclables in the three cities, is hoping for 5,000 to 8,000 participants, business development manager Rachele Klein said. The company has a list of about 200 people who've already said they want service when it's available, Klein said. Starting in July, participants will pay about $8 a month for a 95-gallon cart in which they can dump clippings after mowing their lawns. Each additional cart will cost about $5. Republic will pick up the clippings once a week, hopefully a day or two after mowing. The company will put the clippings in a pit, pack them and cover them with tarps to induce a fermentation process that's similar to pickling, Klein said. When they're ready, the pickled clippings will be added to a mixture of hay, corn and other ingredients and fed to cows...more

Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/06/24/2630183/grass-clippings-fed-beef.html#storylink=cpy

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