Recycling
Dog Waste Composting Projects
Iditarod champion Martin Buser worked
with Wasilla SWCD and students from
Midnight Sun Charter School on a pilot
project to recycle waste from the dogs
from his racing kennel. Wasilla SWCD
worked with NRCS staff to design
composting modules. Students provided
the labor to move the waste into the
composting bins, and Buser and the
Wasilla SWCD staff monitored the
decomposition of the waste, which will
be used to fertilize the landscaping at
the students' school. The project is
designed to find a cheap and easy way to
reduce harmful runoff from dog yards
while producing usable fertilizer. Kenai
SWCD began a similar project with Jason
Mackey's kennel in late 2006.
Junk Car Removal and Battery
Recovery
Kenny Lake SWCD partners with the
local NRCS Resource Conservation and
Development staff each year to safely
dispose of abandoned cars, which are
potential sources of groundwater
pollution. The scrap metal and batteries
are recovered for recycling.