There will always be a greater being than one’s self. With this being said, many who are familiar with the concept of composting are aware that it exists in many scales. A smaller scale would be an individual composting at his/her own home; then would come a larger scale, for example, the composting program taking place in the High School for Environmental Studies, and the largest scale would be a composting factory. Being that many are a lot more familiar with composting at a smaller scale, there are many individuals who are unaware with how materials are composted at a larger scale. What I was curious about is the way that composting is sorted at its largest scale. From what I have seen (in the High School for Environmental Studies), it seems as if many individuals have trouble composting properly at smaller scales so an understanding of how companies sort out their compost material (without making errors) at larger scales might give myself and others a greater understanding and appreciation for this rather detrimental form of handling waste.
A recent finding of mine was the composting factory by the name of Tuthill Farms and Composting Incorporated located Livingston County, Michigan. I found this factory rather intriguing being that it started off as a farm and still is, to this day, a traditional farm. It began when Thomas and Anna Tuthill settled in Green Oak Township of Livingston County, Michigan in 1833. Farming became their business. After some time they realized that the area they were living in was beginning to develop at a rapid rate. There was also a yard waste ban that was set in 1995 that posed as a problem for some but the Tuthills saw it as an answer- an opportunity to make a business out of taking organic materials and turning them into compost that they could use as soil amendment for their crops.
http://www.tuthillfarms.com/1/235/index.asp - Tuthill Farms and Composting, Inc.
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