After months with no compost service, Memphis issues request for contractors
The City of Memphis has issued an RFP for a composting service. The city has been without the service since August. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
For the first time ever, the City of Memphis is also looking for a composting service who could also compost biosolids — the sludge created by treating domestic wastewater — to save local landfill space.
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Keely Brewer
Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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