Puyallup Research and Extension Center’s Compost Facility Generating First-Of-Its-Kind Emissions Data

Puyallup Research and Extension Center’s Compost Facility Generating First-Of-Its-Kind Emissions Data

PULLMAN, Wash. — As Washington state directs more food and organic waste to compost piles instead of landfills, regulators are seeking to understand the impact of composting on air quality. Washington State University researchers are working to fill in the missing data at a new experimental compost plant at the WSU Puyallup Research and Extension Center. The new facility is already yielding useful, real-time measurements. “Other emissions studie…