'S WELCOME BACK TO OZARKS
TONIGHT.
TODAY I AM AT THE YARD WASTE
RECYCLING CENTER FOR THE CITY OF
SPRINGFIELD AND WE ARE LEARNING
HOW MULCH GETS MADE AND HOW
COMPOST GETS MADE.
I WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE
WHOLE PROCESS.
TAKEN OUT.
THIS VERY KESSE CITIZENS
GRASS AND LEAVES AND SAND AND
TURN THAT INTO COMPOST AND MULCH
THAT CITIZENS CAN THEN TURN
AROUND AND USE ON THEIR GARDEN.
EXAM BRANCHES, THOSE GET
GROUND DOWN INTO OUR MULCH, AND
THE COMPOST GETS DECOMPOSED AND
BROKEN DOWN SO THAT IT BECOMES
COMPOST.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR
THIS TO BECOME WHAT IT IS?
IT IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY
DEPENDENT UPON THE WEATHER BUT
NORMALLY BETWEEN THREE TO SIX
MONTHS.
SO IF WE GET A LOT OF WATER LIKE
WE HAD THIS YEAR, THAT BREAKDOWN
PROCESS MIGHT DO A LITTLE BIT
FASTER.
IT DEPENDS UPON THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS, HOW HOT, HOW COLD,
SO IT'S ALL A COMPLETELY NATURAL
PROCESS.
Jennifer: THANK YOU LAUREE.
NOW WE WILL TAKE YOU AROUND TO
SHOW YOU HOW THE COMPOST GETS
MADE, AND HOW THE MULCH GETS ME
TOO.
THEY CAN DUMP IT OFF IN OUR
PILOT HAVE SET UP FOR THEM HERE.
I WILL GET IN MY LOAD AND GET A
LOAD OF IT AND PUT IT IN OUR
GRINDER OVER HERE.
AND IT JUST TO SET UP INTO MULCH -- JUST CHOOSE IT UP INTO
MULCH.
IT IS A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY.
THEY GET RID OF THEIR BRUSH AND
WE CAN MAKE MULTIPLE.
THAT GRINDER IS A KEY PIECE,
THAT IS WHAT MAKES THE MULCH
BASICALLY.
THAT IS OUR BEAST.
IT'S A LOT OF FUN, LIKE A BIG
BOY TOY.
IT IS A 750-HORSEPOWER TO A
FAIRLY MACHINE AND AS A GOOD JO
JOB.
IT CHEWS UP DESPRES TRANSMITTED.
THIS IS WHAT IT TURNS INTO.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS?
THIS IS ROUGH MULCH AND THERE'S
A DIFFERENCE, I UNDERSTAND, FROM
THE ROOF AND FIND MULCH FEAT
FEATURES, AS IT SOUNDS THE MULCH
STRAIGHT OUT OF THE GRINDER,
PEOPLE BRINGING BRUSH TO WRITE
UP AND TURNS INTO ROUGH MULCH
PUT ANOTHER PRODUCT WE SELL IS
FIND MULCH AND BASICALLY IT'S
THE SAME MULCH THAT BE RUN
THROUGH A SCREEN MACHINE THAT
HAS A HALF-INCH SCREEN ON ITS
WAY GETS OUT SOME OF THE BIGGER
PIECES SEARCHING SO OUR MULCH
BECOMES A PLACE WHERE I CAN PUT
IT AROUND MY GARDEN BED, MY
TREES, TO HELP RETAIN WATER, SO
IT CUTS DOWN ON MY WATER USAGE.
IT HELPS CUT DOWN ON LEADS BEING
ABLE TO TAKE OVER MY YARD.
UNFORTUNATELY SOMETIMES
THINGS GET IN HERE THAT WE DON'T
WANT TO GRANDDAD VERY EXPENSIVE
FIX.
METAL OBJECT OR WE DON'T WANT
THAT, BECAUSE IT HURTS A GRIN
GRINDER.
TO MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER AND
MAKE BETTER MULCH IT WOULD BE
EASIER IF PEOPLE ATTRACTED CLEAN
IT OFF BEFORE THEY DROP IT OFF
HERE, RIGHT?
THAT IS THE BEST CASE
SCENARIO.
SOMETIMES YOU WILL FIND SOME
STUFF.
I SEE A BOTTLE, A PLASTIC TO
OVER THERE, SO LET'S GO PICK
THAT UP AND TAKE THAT OUT OF THE
WAY, RIGHT?
SO THIS IS WHAT YOU DON'T WANT
TO FIND IN HERE.
WE ARE ON THE COMPOST SIDE OF
THINGS AND RYAN IS SHOWING US
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE COMPOST
WHEN YOU DROP OFF YOUR GRASS
CLIPPINGS, LEAVES.
THERE IS ALSO ONIONS AND TEABAGS
IN THEIR.
BRIAN IS NOW SHOWING US WHAT
HAPPENS AFTER THAT.
WE CALL IT WINDROWS.
HE BUILDS UP.
YOU CAN SEE THAT FIRST OR HAS A
THERMOMETER IN IT, AND WHEN
THESE THINGS START LOOKING, THEY
COOK AROUND 140 TO 150 DEGREES,
WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT.
AND IT BREAKS DOWN.
THIS MIGHT HEAR IS CALLED
THE WINDROW TURNER.
IS CALLED A SCARE HIM, THE NAME
OF IT BUT IT IS BASICALLY A
OVERSIZED GARDEN TILLER PUBLIC
WE USE THIS FOR OUR COMPOST
WINDROWS.
WE CAN SEE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN I START
AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE AFTER WE RUN
THROUGH.
THAT IS THE BACK OF IT, SHOOTING
OUT THE BACK, SO WHAT KIND OF
REPACK SET.
-- REPACKS IT.
WE DO THAT ABOUT ONCE A WEEK.
IT AND RATES THE COMPOST ROSE,
GIVES OXYGEN.
WE ADD MUCH INTO IT, LIKE IF IT
IS LAYING AND NEEDS MOISTURE
DOWN INSIDE OF THE ROSE, IT WILL
TURN THAT MOISTURE INCOME WHICH
IS ONE OF THE THINGS COMPOST
NEEDS TO BREAK DOWN.
SO FROM THE ROSE AFTER THEY
HAVE BEEN TURNED, ONCE THEY ARE
READY TO COME OVER HERE TO THIS
BIG PILE BEHIND US.
THIS IS KIND OF OUR STAGING
PILE FOR COMPOST.
IT IS DONE INSTANTLY TO BE
SCREENED OUT POINT WE HAD THIS
SCREEN MACHINE BEHIND IS THAT WE
FEED UNFINISHED COMPOST INTO IT,
IT RUNS THAT JOANNE THE FINER
STUFF WILL PULL THROUGH OFF OF
THAT OTHER CONVEYOR ARE CLEAN
GOOD SALES COMPOST IS OFF IN
THAT PART AND WE HAVE THIS BACK
INTO SET UP CALLED A WIND
SHIFTER THAT WILL SUCK UP THE
SMALLER PIECES OF TRANSGENDER
GOING TO THIS CATCH BEEN RIGHT
HERE AND THAT WAY IT DOESN'T
BLOW ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THEN ANYTHING THAT THE WIND
SHIFTER DOESN'T CUP WILL FALL
OFF ONTO THE GROUND AND THAT'S
WHY WE HAD HIS PILE RIGHT HERE.
Jennifer: THIS IS THE TRASH.
THIS IS WHAT YOU DON'T WANT IN
YOUR COMPOST.
A LOT OF RANDOM THINGS HERE.
TOLD ME YOU HAVE SEEN SOME
PRETTY CRAZY STUFF.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU
HAVE SEEN IN HERE?
I HAVE SEEN WEIGHTS, LIKE
DUMBBELL WEIGHTS YOU SEE IN
FOOTBALL HERE I'VE SEEN BARBIE
DOLLS, GARDEN SHEARS.
ALL KINDS OF THINGS, AND YOU CAN
SEE FROM THIS PART THAT THERE'S
A LOT OF LOGISTICS WHICH WE
PREFER TO GO ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
INSTEAD OF THE GRASS AND
BEACHSIDE.
Jennifer: I JUST WANT TO SHOW
YOU SOME OF THE THINGS I HAVE
SPOTTED HERE IN THIS PILE, SOME
THINGS YOU DON'T WANT WITH
LEAVES IN YOUR GRASS BEFORE YOU
DROP IT OFF.
FOR EXAMPLE WE FOUND A GARDENING
TOOL RIGHT HERE.
YOU DON'T WANT THAT.
THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE GOOD FOR
THE EQUIPMENT PUT SOME THINGS
THAT ARE OKAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS
PUMPKIN.
WHAT IS NOT OKAY IS WHAT IS
RIGHT NEXT TO THE PUMPKIN.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THEN
ONCE IT'S ALL DONE.
COMES OUT ON THE SIDE, RIGHT?
THAT'S CORRECT.
THIS IS THE FINAL PRODUCT OR
JUST A GOOD ADDITIVE TO HELP
YOUR GARDEN GROW BETTER.
IT GIVES IT MORE NUTRIENTS MOST
LIKE A VITAMIN IS TO HUMANS.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE PERFECT
FOR MEETING WITH YOUR SOIL,
GETTING YOUR GARDEN READY FOR
GROWING YOUR FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES, OR FLOWERS, SO IT
HELPS THEM GROW.
IT HELPS WITH RETAINING WATER IN
THE SOIL.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT WE DO
THIS IN SPRINGFIELD AND THE
RECYCLING OF THOSE THINGS THAT
ALL HOMEOWNERS WILL FIND THAT
HUNGER THAT BRUSH, THE GRASS
CLIPPINGS AND THE LEAVES AND ALL
THAT, IS ACTUALLY AGAINST THE
LOCK ACCORDING TO MISSOURI PHOTO
NATURAL RESOURCES?
SEND THIS MATERIAL TO THE
LANDFILL.
SO IT GIVES OUR CITIZENS A PLACE
TO GET RID OF IT.
AND THEN IT'S GOING TO GOOD USE.
WE ARE RECYCLING IT CONTINUED
BACK INTO A MATERIAL THAT, AGA
AGAIN, AS A HOMEOWNER CAN PUT
RIGHT BACK TO USE ON MY YARD.