Delaware State Fair emphasizes recycling

The News Journal, New Castle, Delaware, reports that officials at the Delaware State Fair, July 21-30, 2016, are conducting an extensive recycling program.

“Our ultimate goal is to recycle all we can,” Danny Aguilar, assistant general manager and marketing director for the fair, says in the article.

To this end, food vendors in attendance have been asked to clean out their deep fryers, collecting the waste grease in green barrels installed by Valley Proteins Inc., Winchester, Virginia. The grease is then converted into biodiesel and animal feed additives, the article says. 

Plastic and cardboard containers for shortening and oil also were recycled. According to the The News Journal, up to 41.25 tons of cardboard are recovered for recycling during the fair and transported to the Delaware Solid Waste Authority transfer station near Milford. 

Additionally, fair participants are assisting in recycling efforts by collecting manure from the livestock stalls, which is then processed on-site under the fair’s nutrient management plan.

Isaac Garges, a resident of Lutherville, Maryland, also contributed to the fair waste stream by trimming the wool off of a cheviot ram sheep, the article says, which was recycled along with the animal bedding.