Warehouse-sized compost heaps promise sweet smell of success

James S Murray
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Industrial-scale composting firm outlines expansion plans, touts for investors

All environmentalists know that it makes sense to compost organic waste wherever possible, but now one UK firm is seeking to make composters out of all of us by providing industrial scale facilities capable...

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