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R AMSE Y COUNTY <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> LEAF COMPOSTING <br /> • <br /> August 18, 1983 Ramsey County Public Health Department <br /> Environmental Health Division <br /> CONTACT: Brian Golob, Zack Hansen <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1910 West County Road B Suite 209 <br /> Roseville, MN 55113 <br /> 633-0316 <br /> What do you do with 30,000 tons of leaves? That is how much <br /> yard waste comes out of Ramsey County each fall, and officials <br /> here are trying to keep those leaves from being buried in landfills . <br /> S The Public Health Department is siting several centralized <br /> composting sites in the northern suburbs and the City of St. Paul, <br /> where the annual autumnal deluge will be converted into a useful <br /> soil amendment. If all goes as planned residents of these areas <br /> will have a free leaf disposal site available in late October and <br /> early November. <br /> The Environmental Health division is cooperating with the <br /> cities of Mounds View, Arden Hills, New Brighton, and Shoreview, <br /> and St. Paul Planning Districts 1, 5, 11, and 16 to locate <br /> suitable sites . The program is part of Ramsey County's ongoing <br /> effort to reduce the amount of refuse going to landfills. At <br /> each site the yard waste will be pushed into piles and composted, <br /> until the leaves have decayed into humus, a rich soil conditioner. <br /> 1110 <br /> In about 18 months the finished compost will be available for <br /> residents to put on gardens and lawns. <br /> #1/# <br />