The compost just delivered in the Huntington facility. - Marshall University
The compost arrives on location in Huntington Tuesday morning. - Marshall University
Marshall University
Marshall University
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. Marshall University is nearing the opening of the first commercial composting facility in West Virginia following the arrival of a large digester Tuesday.
The composting facility located at Marshall’s University Heights location was designed and operated by the university’s Sustainability Department and will be the second-largest university compost facility in the eastern United States.
According to a release, the facility has the capacity to compost eight tons of organic waste per day.
HUNTINGTON â Not many squeal with delight when they see an oversized tractor-trailer carrying a massive steel drum, but Amy Parsons-White did Tuesday morning.
Just before noon, the truck transporting a commercial digester for Marshall Universityâs new commercial composting facility pulled into the lot on Norway Avenue, making Parsons-Whiteâs 2 1/2-year-long dream come true.
The composting facility will be the first commercial facility in West Virginia and the second largest university-run facility in the country behind Ohio University.
Parsons-White, the manager of the Sustainability Department at Marshall, said other universities have already reached out to her to learn more about starting their own facilities.