Waste district expected to take over Intervale composting

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The board of the Chittenden Solid Waste District is expected today to agree to run the state’s largest composting operation in an effort to keep open the facility that composts tons of food waste from local institutions.

The deal is intended to keep the Intervale composting operation running since the nonprofit Intervale Center announced that it would stop accepting food scraps and yard waste on May 1 because of problems with its permits.

The center has said it can’t afford the archaeology studies needed to obtain a state land-use permit for the composting operation.

Waste district general manager Tom Moreau said the district would provide about $10,000 a month for two months to subsidize the compost operation to prevent food waste from ending up in landfills.

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