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Sustainability '
Saving people money so they can live better.
We are hiring Drivers for our
Transportation Office!
Hermiston, OR
A driving job with Walmart Transportation gives you the chance to continue
your driving career with competitive pay and enjoy health benefits for you
and your family.
Chad Kruger and Lynne Carpenter-Boggs with the prototype for a small-size anaerobic digester.
Walmart sets the standard for distribution and transportation and is an ideal
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other legally protected status.
W ashington State University
researchers Chad Kruger and Lynne
C a rp e n te r-B o g g s know th at
com postable w aste, w hether at
home or in the fields, is an opportu-
nity to save resources and money in
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Saturday, Sept. 11
8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.
Oregon Convention Center
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.,
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Sponsored by your government and
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other areas around the house and
the farm.
According to Kruger, a digester
could theoretically be installed un-
der your kitchen sink just like an
appliance. You would scrape table
scraps into the disposal as usual,
but instead o f being shipped out to
the city s w astew ater treatm ent
plant, the waste would be converted
into energy to power your hot water
heater or stove.
The other output would be high-
quality organic fertilizer that could
go back into your garden.
Foraninvestmentofaround$500,
you’d be saving energy, reducing
waste and creating a nutrient-rich
soil amendment.
“This is one o f the most efficient
ways you can capture energy on a
small scale,” said Kruger,
Two ofthe small-scale anaerobic
digester prototypes are being beta
tested by small-scale farmers look-
ing for a renewable alternative to
liquid propane as a source o f en-
ergy. Once the researchers get feed-
back from the farmers the next step
would be commercialization.
MMR
SOLV Beaches, Rivers Cleanup
SOLV is expanding its fall cleanup
so that thousands o f volunteers
can clean Oregon’s coastal beaches
and inland rivers all on the same
day. Presented by the Oregon Lot­
tery, the newly expanded event is
called the SOLV Beach and River­
side Cleanup and is set from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25.
“With more than 150 cleanup
and watershed projects scheduled
throughout the state, this is a fan­
tastic opportunity for all Oregonians
to get involved in their community,
and teach the next generation to
care for the health o f our local water­
shed and the beaches we all enjoy,”
explains SOLV Executive Director
Melisa McDonald.
“We need thousands o f volun­
teers to join in this effort to reduce
the large amount o f trash that flows
to the ocean from inland waterways,
streets, and storm drains,” says Pro­
gram Coordinator Rachael Pecore.
V olunteers should sign up
online at solv.org or call 503-844-
9571.
Lead Poisoning Prevention
Do you live in an older home? are Tuesday, Sept. 14at6p.m .atthe
The Community Energy Project of­ Peninsula Park Community Center
fers free workshops to learn how to in north Portland and Thursday,
prevent lead exposure while living Sept. 30 at 6 p.m. at the Community
in homes older than 1978.
Energy Project building at 4212 N.E.
Participants receive a free safety Alberta St. Call 503-284-6827, exten­
kit worth $30. Upcoming sessions sion 110 to register.