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Trash talk - what we are doing and going to do re solid waste

The PRIDE solid waste management training program was presented in Columbia Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at the Extension Office. The Topics covered were recycling, recruiting volunteers, composting, open dump inspection and enforcement methods.


Information was shared by the following presenters who can be reached for more details at any time:
-Cindy Lackey, PRIDE communications liaison for Eastern Kentucky PRIDE, Inc which encourages and promotes environmental cleanup and education activities across 42 counties in southern and eastern Kentucky.

-Danny Masterson, from the Pulaski County Recycling Center, provided information on how they manage solid waste working with the city, county, schools and business partners.

Beth Wilson, Horticulture Agent for Pulaski County, spoke on composting - she deals with both commercial and home horticulture. Part of her presentation on composting included warm farming and how to set one up in your home.

David Coomer, Division of Waste Management, Columbia Regional Office, gave a program covering open dump inspection and enforcement methods in solid waste compliance.

Cathy Lenox was the registration manager for the event.

More information can be obtained from Eastern Kentucky pride, Inc., 2292 South Highway 27, Somerset, KY 42501. Phone 888-577-4339. www.kypride.org.


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PRIDE Environmental Waste Management is topic of meeting



2019-03-06 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener.
PRIDE Environmental Leadership and Solid Waste Management meeting was held at the Adair Extension Office Wednesday. The agenda started with Pulaski County's methods. The information in this photo is all available from the presenters. Click 'read more' for the details and contact information.

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Worm farm drew lots of interest in Composting talk



2019-03-06 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.
One of the topics presented in the Solid Waste Management training meeting at the Adair Extension Office today was composting. Part of that presentation was instruction on growing worms and how to manage a worm bin (open for exploration, however, this photographer did not get close enough to verify worms were in it). From left are: Scott Botts, Wastewater Plant Manager in Gamaliel/Monroe County; Beth Wilson, Pulaski County Extension, the speaker on the subject of composting; David Beasley, Adair Solid Waste Management and David Coomer, Division of Waste Management.

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Mayor Brenda Allen and Campbellsville guests in Columbia



2019-03-07 - Adair County Extension Office, Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.
Campbellsville Mayor Brenda Allen, left, her City Clerk and PRIDE coordinator Cary Noe and Larry Smith, newly appointed assistant PRIDE Coordinator, manager of the Big Dawg radio on Main Street in Campbellsville, attended the Solid Waste Management training sessions in Columbia Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Smith shared that Campbellsville has citizen groups who will give volunteer help when a land owner is disabled or having trouble keeping their property free of waste.

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Cleaning up illegal dumps is dangerous business



2019-03-07 - Adair County Extension Office, Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.
In David Coomer's presentation on Solid Waste Management, he spoke about the hazards on the job. He shared this slide of a news clipping which chronicled a cleanup he knew about from personal experience. It read, "JAMESTOWN. Grenade found during cleanup: The routine work of a statewide cleanup project turned dangerous this week when cleanup crews found explosives in a Russell County illegal dump. About noon Tuesday, workers found a live M-79 grenade as they cleared garbage from the dump, about 12 miles south of Jamestown. Trooper Larry Henderson of the Kentucky State Police Bomb Squad disarmed the device in about 10 minutes. "We don't get called in on those very often, thank goodness," said Henderson, who has worked with explosives for 26 years. state and local officials are cleaning up illegal dumps along roads in Estill, Russell, Lawrence, Adair and Letcher counties as part of PRIDE Cleanup Week, which will run through Saturday. -- COMPILED FROM STAFF, WIRE REPORTS." (not dated).

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Pulaski County Solid Waste tips shared by Danny Masten



2019-03-08 - Adair County Extension Office, Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.
Danny Masten, Pulaski County Recycling and Solid Waste Coordinator, shared methods from the county and talked about how they worked with the city of Somerset. It was part of a day of training Wednesday, March , 2019 as the state PRIDE groups prepare for April clean up.

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