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C. Markets for Composted Materials: <br />In the short-term and medium-term, the County will <br />consider several possible end uses or markets for its yard <br />wastes. The County may switch from one method of handling <br />yard waste to another depending upon which market or end <br />use is most economically feasible. <br />1. There are two end uses that may result in the <br />least cost to the County. One would be to shred the <br />yard waste and use it as daily landfill cover at one <br />of the active landfills and as a soil amendment in the <br />vegetative layer at County landfills undergoing <br />closure. At the Corral Hollow Landfill, daily cover is <br />currently imported, and using shredded yard waste <br />would reduce the volume of soil required, greatly <br />reducing the cost to operate that site. <br />Another end use could be application of shredded <br />or unprocessed material directly on agricultural land <br />for soil amendment or other purposes, if such markets <br />could be found. For instance, noncomposted leaves <br />were used by a dairy in the Tracy area for this <br />purpose. <br />2. The next least costly end use would be as mulch <br />or soil amendments in County parks and public areas, <br />and in County and State road construction and <br />maintenance projects. This use would probably require <br />grinding or chipping of branches and brush, and low - <br />technology composting, turning windrows as necessary <br />with front-end loaders. The planned inclusion of grass <br />and other high -moisture components would necessitate <br />fairly frequent windrow turning and process monitoring <br />due to the potential for anaerobic decomposition. <br />Chapter 5 - Compost 24 <br />