Recycling Practices for Environmental Materials

The objectives of this project are to: 1) Gather information on best practices for managing wood wastes and to determine if a centralized composting site is better than on-site chipping and spreading or landfill disposal; 2) review the practices of other SHAs and Districts at KYTC relative to large animal composting; 3) monitor a pilot large animal carcass composting site in District 5 during its initial runs; and 4) identify beneficial uses for those compost materials (e.g. soil amendment) to aid in establishing desirable vegetation.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Final Report: KTC-05-05-SPR-228-01-1I

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $55000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  KYSPR 05-294

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

  State Office Building, Clinton and High Streets
  Frankfort, KY  United States  40622
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Kentucky, Lexington

  Kentucky Transportation Center
  College of Engineering, 176 Raymond Building
  Lexington, KY  United States  40506-0281
• Principal Investigators:

  Hopwood, Ted

• Start Date: 20060501
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20070101
• Source Data: RiP Project 12372

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Compost; Landfills; Recycling; Research projects; Road kill; Vegetation; Wildlife
• Uncontrolled Terms: Vegetation establishment
• Geographic Terms: Kentucky
• Subject Areas: Highways; Terminals and Facilities; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01460498
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: University of Kentucky, Lexington
• Contract Numbers: KYSPR 05-294
• Files: RiP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:26PM