From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   Jim Rojas wrote:   
   > On 5/25/2015 4:29 PM, Bob F wrote:   
   >> Jim Rojas wrote:   
   >>> The ashes from the biomass can be used as plant & lawn fertilizer,   
   >>> or placed in a sealed cardboard box to give away free to neighbors,   
   >>> or placed in our recycle bin for the county to recycle.   
   >>   
   >> Now that sounds a little wierd. I suspect ash would be fine here in   
   >> the yard waste bin, but it certainly wouldn't be allowed in the   
   >> recycle bin.   
   >   
   > What do people in city with fireplaces do with all the ash? I don't   
   > live in a big city, but I also don't live in the sticks. I have a 1/4   
   > acre lot, and there is only so much ash I can spread around my yard.   
   >   
      
   As I said, it would probably be OK in the yard waste. We have garbage, which   
   just recently can no longer contain food waste. That goes in the yard waste (or   
   in my compost pile). Recycle is glass, clean paper, plastic and metal. Yard   
   waste is food waste, garden waste, grass clippings etc. I don't pay for the   
   yard   
   waste, because all mine goes into my compost pile. The city yard waste   
   collections get ground up to be sold as mulch, or composted and sold as compost   
   for gardens.   
      
      
   My stove ash gets spread on mossy lawn areas or gets spread on the veggie   
   beds..   
      
   I'm in Seattle.   
      
      
   > Our county recycles everything now. Whether you throw it in the trash,   
   > or in the recycle bin, they go through it all anyway. Recycling is big   
   > money for municipalities looking to keep their expenses down.   
   >   
   > Sewage & most organic waste is now used to generate power in my   
   > county, so nothing surprises me these days. The sewage water goes   
   > through skimming and some heavy duty reverse osmosis, then gets   
   > pumped directly to the upscale neighborhoods & golf courses as   
   > reclaimed water for about $20 per month. They can water their grass   
   > 24/7 if they wish, with no pesky meters to worry about. If I wanted   
   > some of this reclaimed water for my grass, I'd have to pay for the   
   > pipeline to be ran to my house. $9,500 to run a line 30 feet to my   
   > sprinkler system. This includes all necessary permits, surveys,   
   > contractor fees, county taxes, environmental impact fees, and my new   
   > assessment for my next year's property taxes.   
   > For now I will stick with my free shallow well water for my lawn. The   
   > city provides piped in drinking water, which requires a water softener   
   > because of all the total dissolved solids which is mostly limestone.   
   >   
   > Jim Rojas   
      
   Where are you Jim?   
      
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