TOMORROW: County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III to Celebrate Expansion of Organics Composting Facility

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

For immediate release:
May 13, 2018

For more information, contact:
Linda Lowe, Public Information Officer
Prince George’s County
Department of the Environment
(301) 836-2115

 

County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III to Celebrate Expansion of County Organics Composting Facility
The facility will be the largest yard trim and food waste composter on the East Coast

Largo, MD – Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III will join other local officials on Monday, May 14, 2018, to celebrate the expansion of the Prince George’s County Organics Composting Facility in Upper Marlboro. Once completed, the expanded facility will be the largest yard trim and food waste composter on the East Coast. It currently operates with an eight-heap system processing 12,000 tons of yard trim and food scraps in 2016 and will expand to a 12-windrow SG Bunker™ System processing 57,000 tons.  Construction is expected to be complete by August 2018.

The County’s Organics Composting Facility is the only one in the State to accept residential, commercial and institutional food scraps and is the first in the County to pilot a food scrap composting program using the GORE® technology. The Facility produces a nutrient-rich soil compost product known as Leafgro and Leafro GOLD that eliminates the need for chemical fertilizers, adds nutrients back into the soil, increases root uptake and absorption in plants. It is sold commercially in bulk.

A tour of the facility and construction site will follow the ceremony.  Attendees are advised to wear closed toe shoes that may get muddy.  Event will be held rain or shine.

WHO
The Honorable Prince George’s County Executive, Rushern L. Baker, III
Adam Ortiz, Director, Department of the Environment
Beth Wojton, Deputy Director, Maryland Environmental Service
Scott Woods, Sustainable Generation
Justin Hensley, Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Phil Wilson, Landscape Supervisor, Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Guy Kilpatrick, University of Maryland Terp Farm
Allison Lilly Tjaden, Assistant Director, University of Maryland Dining Services
Belinda Queen, County participant in Curbside Food Scraps Pilot Program

WHAT
Expansion Ceremony at Prince George’s Organics Composting Facility

WHEN
May 14, 2018
10:30 a.m

WHERE
Prince George’s County Organics Composting Facility
6550 S.E. Crain Highway Upper
Marlboro, MD

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