PA Recycling Markets Center To Sponsor Manufactured Soils Workshop July 15

The PA Recycling Markets Center is sponsoring a Manufactured Soils Workshop on July 15 at Ridgewood Soils Inc.in Reading.  
            This hands-on, in-the-field, one-day workshop is for soil blenders and topsoil suppliers, composters, green building professionals, and the landscape and nursery industry.
            The workshop will feature teaching and practical advice from Penn State University Soil Science faculty, a tour of the Ridgewood soil blending facility, and the opportunity to blend and evaluate your own soil. 
            Participants will learn how soils function and key characteristics for various uses, soil blending for a variety of high-end applications, assessing possible materials for use in blended soils and testing and evaluating blended soil products.
            For more information or to register, visit the Penn State Environmental Soil Science Extension webpage.


5/24/2010

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