Posted by: Svava | August 28, 2009

Largest Composting Station in Europe

The new composting station in Eyjafjördur, Northern Iceland is Europe’s largest, handling over 10,000 tons of organic refuse each year and costing about 500 million ISK.  The station provides a very environmentally sound solution for the problem of whereto put organic waste from Northern Iceland was to go.

Composting provides a natural source of organic matter usable for farming and agriculture, reduces the need for increasing landfills and can offset the need for chemical fertilizer, proving to be a green solution all around.


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  1. Thanks for sharing this news.


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