U of I Extension Project Will Aid Horse Owners in Manure Management

University of Illinois (U of I) Extension has developed a new project that will provide horse owners in Lake, McHenry, and northern Cook, Ill., counties with an alternative to the traditional waste hauling service.
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University of Illinois (U of I) Extension has developed a new project that will provide horse owners in Lake, McHenry, and northern Cook counties with an alternative to the traditional waste hauling service. Together with Wisconsin Extension, U of I Extension has received funding from the Great Lakes Regional Water Quality Program to establish "pilot" routes that will enable garbage haulers to pick up horse manure and bedding and take it to a compost facility rather than a landfill.

"Manure is a fact of life that every horse owner has to deal with," said Ellen Phillips, U of I Extension educator. "For many horse and stable owners, putting their horse manure in dumpsters and paying to have it hauled to the landfill with their regular household garbage has been the only solution.

"The project is called Changing Manure Streams, and it will assist waste haulers in establishing a pilot route between stables and larger composters, such as commercial composters, nurseries, and park districts," Phillips continued. "Each stable will have two dumpsters: one for garbage and one for manure and bedding only. On the pilot route, the hauler will pick up the manure dumpster on a regular basis and take it to the designated composter. It’s possible that the tipping fee at the composter will be less than the landfill fee, so costs will be less or the same. Additionally, stable owners should be able to reduce regular garbage pick-up

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