Bioenergy Innovation Center observes Composting Day

Volunteer Claire Ettinger, left, helps Alexis Adkins of Laurel pot a plant using the facility’s compost during an event at the Bioenergy Innovation Center near Seaford. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS

Julin, left, and Alexis Adkins of Laurel gather up compost to make potted plants. Bioenergy Devco produces compost from poultry plant waste and sells it on the commercial market.

May 15, 2021

Event Date:

Tue, 05/11/2021 - 08:15 am

Volunteer Claire Ettinger, left, helps Alexis Adkins of Laurel pot a plant using the facility’s compost during an event at the Bioenergy Innovation Center near Seaford. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS

Julin, left, and Alexis Adkins of Laurel gather up compost to make potted plants. Bioenergy Devco produces compost from poultry plant waste and sells it on the commercial market.

The Bioenergy Innovation Center near Seaford celebrated National Composting Day May 8. The event included displays by Delaware Master Gardners and the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance. Staff were on hand to explain the composting process at the facility, and several people walked away with free backyard composters. Bioenergy Devco, which operates the facility, recently gained approval to add an anaerobic digestion system to provide renewable natural gas and soil products from organic material. The company has a contract with Perdue Farms to recycle its poultry plant waste.

Volunteer Claire Ettinger, left, helps Alexis Adkins of Laurel pot a plant using the facility’s compost during an event at the Bioenergy Innovation Center near Seaford. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS

Julin, left, and Alexis Adkins of Laurel gather up compost to make potted plants. Bioenergy Devco produces compost from poultry plant waste and sells it on the commercial market.