{"id":34867,"date":"2021-01-21T08:28:03","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T13:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=34867"},"modified":"2021-02-23T15:15:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T20:15:06","slug":"newterra-offers-a-unique-service-in-the-chattanooga-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/newterra-offers-a-unique-service-in-the-chattanooga-area\/","title":{"rendered":"NewTerra the only local company in Chattanooga area to compost food scraps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_34884\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"803\" data-attachment-id=\"34884\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/newterra-offers-a-unique-service-in-the-chattanooga-area\/new-terra-compost-20-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-26.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,803\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Normand Lavoie, dark jacket, and Michael Ryan, orange jacket, with New Terra Compost, work Tuesday, Jan. 5, 20201 at their composting site in Wildwood, Ga..&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1609851829&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;122&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;New Terra Compost-20-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New Terra Compost-20-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Normand Lavoie, dark jacket, and Michael Ryan, orange jacket, with New Terra Compost, work Tuesday, Jan. 5, 20201 at their composting site in Wildwood, Ga..&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-26-1024x685.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-34884\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-26.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-26-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-26-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-26-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-26-580x388.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-26-610x408.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-26-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-26-598x400.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Normand Lavoie, left, and his partner Michael Ryan stand in one the piles of compost they&#8217;re creating at a site in Wildwood, Ga.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"well span3 pull-right\">\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 16px\">More info:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newterracompost.com\/residential\"> https:\/\/www.newterracompost.com\/residential<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Business customers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Southern Squeeze<\/li>\n<li>The Daily Ration<\/li>\n<li>Niedlov&#8217;s Bakery and Caf\u00e9<\/li>\n<li>Pruett&#8217;s Market<\/li>\n<li>Real Roots Cafe<\/li>\n<li>Basecamp Bar and Restaurant<\/li>\n<li>The Bailey Co.<\/li>\n<li>Cashew<\/li>\n<li>The Feed Co. Table and Tavern<\/li>\n<li>Ruby Falls<\/li>\n<li>Fit\u00a0+ Meals<\/li>\n<li>1885 Grill Ooltewah<\/li>\n<li>Five Witts Brewing Co.<\/li>\n<li>Chattanooga Brewery Co.<\/li>\n<li>All locations of Lupi&#8217;s Pizza Pies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Have you got food scraps you\u2019re dumping in the garbage because they aren\u2019t really edible? The tops of carrots or onions. Used coffee in filters. Maybe eggshells from breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>Does a company come by once a week to empty your garbage and carry everything to the dump?<\/p>\n<p>Normand Lavoie wants that food. Not to eat. He wants it for his business<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newterracompost.com\/\">, NewTerra Compost.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last summer, Lavoie and his partner, Michael Ryan, created the company and spent several months in the setting-up phase, figuring out their \u201crecipe\u201d and other details.. The company\u2014the only local company in the Chattanooga area to handle food scraps\u2014is now open for business and in full operation. Ryan works full-time for Jacob\u2019s Paper and does his NewTerra work in his off time.<\/p>\n<p>When commercial garbage companies handle food waste, it is taken to county landfills, Lavoie explained, where it breaks down over years and creates methane, a dangerous gas that traps heat in the atmosphere at higher levels than even carbon dioxide, he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce you start separating your own food waste, you see how much you create and how little you can send to the landfill. It&#8217;s kind of cool to know, \u2018Hey, I can do something\u2019,\u201d said Lavoie, who is working on his Master of Business Administration in the Gary W. Rollins College of Business and, taking a slow, measured pace, expects to graduate from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe folks that we work with are primarily concerned with being responsible households and taking a stand for doing something better,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>During the company\u2019s first phase last year, the composting was taking place in Lavoie\u2019s backyard, and neighbors brought their food waste over. But he and Ryan now have leased a 20-acre plot in Wildwood, Georgia, where all the composting takes place. The space was needed because making compost\u2014especially in large amounts\u2014takes a few months of combining the food with wood chips, then pumping in oxygen to keep the inside of the mixture between 145 and 160 degrees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newterracompost.com\/residential\">Residential customers<\/a> are given a five-gallon bucket and can empty them weekly in one of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newterracompost.com\/kiosk\">Compost Kiosks<\/a> located around North Georgia and Chattanooga. In the spring and fall, customers will receive two five-gallon buckets of compost. The cost to join is $15 a month for drop-off, but in a deal now being offered, customers receive a 25% discount by signing up for a year at $135. About three dozen customers have signed up at this point, Lavoie said.<\/p>\n<p>Since NewTerra is making more compost than residential customers will receive, &#8220;the remaining compost will be sold to farmers and gardeners looking for a natural way to fertilize their vegetables, flowers, and crops,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Along with residential customers, NewTerraCompost also has business customers known as \u201cFounding Members.\u00a0\u201cOur Founding Members are leaders in sustainability in Chattanooga,\u201d Lavoie said.<\/p>\n<p>Each business is given a 65-gallon container and, about twice weekly, Lavoie and Ryan empty the containers and haul the waste to the facility in Georgia. The price commercial clients pay depends on the location, number of containers and frequency of pickup, Lavoie said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommercial members need to contact us, and we will set up a meeting to explain our services,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses don&#8217;t receive compost when it&#8217;s ready; they are customers of NewTerra simply to be part of\u00a0 sustainability\/recycling efforts in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Lupi\u2019s Pizza Pies Owner Dorris Sober said she made sure the business\u2014which has five locations in the area\u2014was one of the first commercial companies to sign up with NewTerra.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause the restaurant industry produces a lot of waste, I was thrilled when I heard about NewTerra Compost \u201cA way to divert food waste from the landfill\u2014fantastic!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before starting NewTerra, Lavoie worked for local chemical manufacturing company INVISTA. Prior to that job, Lavoie spent several years in the U.S. Army. He was stationed both in Poland for a year\u2014two weeks after he married his wife Veronica. \u201cShe was not happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before Poland, he spent nine months in Afghanistan on the frightening and dangerous job of clearing out Improvised Explosive Devices, known by the more familiar name IEDs. He and his fellow soldiers found them and blew them up before they could explode on their own and kill people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was not always a comfortable thing,\u201d he understated.<\/p>\n<p>But serving in the Army fit into his lifelong desire to help the community, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that was one of the prime reasons I joined the Army right out of college,\u201d he said. \u201cI&#8217;ve always wanted to serve and give back. I think we&#8217;re extremely lucky to be here in the United States. After going all over the world, I&#8217;ve seen a lot of different places, and I think we are still in one of the best spots. So it&#8217;s what we do that makes a difference. You\u2019ve got to make decisions every day that are a big deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That belief eventually led to NewTerra. He and Ryan know it\u2019s going to take a while to get the business up and running full steam, but that\u2019s OK, Lavoie said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s not like this is a get-rich tomorrow type of thing at all. This is definitely a grind for us, but it&#8217;s something we&#8217;re passionate about,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"880\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:9,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/newterra-offers-a-unique-service-in-the-chattanooga-area\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:202990556}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 880px; height: 696px;\" data-original-width=\"880\" data-original-height=\"696\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-3\" style=\"width: 352px; height: 696px;\" data-original-width=\"352\" data-original-height=\"696\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/newterra-offers-a-unique-service-in-the-chattanooga-area\/new-terra-compost-20-10\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"348\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"238\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"34892\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-27.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,820\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Normand Lavoie, dark jacket, and Michael Ryan, orange jacket, with New Terra Compost, work Tuesday, Jan. 5, 20201 at their composting site in Wildwood, Ga..&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1609852024&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;New Terra Compost-20-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New Terra Compost-20-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-27-300x205.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-27-1024x700.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-27.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-27.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-27-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-27-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-27-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-27-580x396.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-27-610x417.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-27-250x171.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-27-585x400.jpg 585w\" width=\"348\" height=\"238\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"348\" data-original-height=\"238\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"New Terra Compost-20-\" alt=\"Michael Ryan waits for a load of new compost to be dumped on existing pile.\" style=\"width: 348px; height: 238px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Michael Ryan waits for a load of new compost to be dumped on existing pile. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/newterra-offers-a-unique-service-in-the-chattanooga-area\/new-terra-compost-20-9\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"348\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"222\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"34890\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-33.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,766\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Normand Lavoie, dark jacket, and Michael Ryan, orange jacket, with New Terra Compost, work Tuesday, Jan. 5, 20201 at their composting site in Wildwood, Ga..&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1609852786&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;122&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;New Terra Compost-20-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New Terra Compost-20-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-33-300x192.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-33-1024x654.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-33.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-33.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-33-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-33-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-33-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-33-580x370.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-33-610x389.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-33-250x160.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-33-600x383.jpg 600w\" width=\"348\" height=\"222\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"348\" data-original-height=\"222\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"New Terra Compost-20-\" alt=\"Normand Lavoie, left, and Michael Ryan created NewTerra Composting a few months ago.\" style=\"width: 348px; height: 222px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Normand Lavoie, left, and Michael Ryan created NewTerra Composting a few months ago. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/newterra-offers-a-unique-service-in-the-chattanooga-area\/new-terra-compost-20-3\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"348\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"224\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"34883\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-23.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,770\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Normand Lavoie, dark jacket, and Michael Ryan, orange jacket, with New Terra Compost, work Tuesday, Jan. 5, 20201 at their composting site in Wildwood, Ga..&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1609851027&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;New Terra Compost-20-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New Terra Compost-20-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-23-300x193.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-23-1024x657.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-23.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-23.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-23-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-23-1024x657.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-23-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-23-580x372.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-23-610x391.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-23-250x160.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-23-600x385.jpg 600w\" width=\"348\" height=\"224\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"348\" data-original-height=\"224\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"New Terra Compost-20-\" alt=\"Food scraps from local restaurants.\" style=\"width: 348px; height: 224px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Food scraps from local restaurants. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 528px; height: 696px;\" data-original-width=\"528\" data-original-height=\"696\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item 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Ga..&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1609852238&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;New Terra Compost-20-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New Terra Compost-20-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-32-227x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-32-776x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-32.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-32.jpg 909w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-32-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-32-776x1024.jpg 776w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-32-768x1014.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-32-580x766.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-32-610x805.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-32-152x200.jpg 152w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-32-303x400.jpg 303w\" width=\"524\" height=\"692\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"524\" data-original-height=\"692\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"New Terra Compost-20-\" alt=\"Temperature in a composting pile needs to be kept between 145 and 160 degrees.\" style=\"width: 524px; height: 692px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Temperature in a composting pile needs to be kept between 145 and 160 degrees. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 880px; height: 394px;\" data-original-width=\"880\" data-original-height=\"394\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 589px; height: 394px;\" data-original-width=\"589\" data-original-height=\"394\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/newterra-offers-a-unique-service-in-the-chattanooga-area\/new-terra-compost-20-11\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"585\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"390\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"34904\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-12.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,801\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"New Terra Compost-20-\" alt=\"Oxygen must be pumped into the compost piles for the process.\" style=\"width: 585px; height: 390px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Oxygen must be pumped into the compost piles for the process. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 291px; height: 394px;\" data-original-width=\"291\" data-original-height=\"394\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/newterra-offers-a-unique-service-in-the-chattanooga-area\/new-terra-compost-20-6\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"287\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"196\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"34886\" 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data-attachment-id=\"34885\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-10.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,795\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Normand Lavoie, dark jacket, and Michael Ryan, orange jacket, with New Terra Compost, work Tuesday, Jan. 5, 20201 at their composting site in Wildwood, Ga..&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1609849264&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;New Terra Compost-20-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New Terra Compost-20-\" data-image-description=\"\" 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https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-10-600x398.jpg 600w\" width=\"287\" height=\"190\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"287\" data-original-height=\"190\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"New Terra Compost-20-\" alt=\"Michael Ryan, orange jacket, sifts through a pile of food scraps to remove anything that can&#039;t be composted.\" style=\"width: 287px; height: 190px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Michael Ryan, orange jacket, sifts through a pile of food scraps to remove anything that can&#8217;t be composted. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 880px; height: 584px;\" data-original-width=\"880\" data-original-height=\"584\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 433px; height: 584px;\" data-original-width=\"433\" data-original-height=\"584\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item 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Ga..&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1609852140&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;New Terra Compost-20-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New Terra Compost-20-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-30-300x203.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-30-1024x692.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-30.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-30.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-30-300x203.jpg 300w, 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<div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Normand Lavoie cleans out the 65-gallon bins that commercial customers use for food scraps. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/newterra-offers-a-unique-service-in-the-chattanooga-area\/new-terra-compost-20-12\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"429\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"286\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"34905\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-01.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,801\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Normand Lavoie, dark jacket, and Michael Ryan, orange jacket, with New Terra Compost, work Tuesday, Jan. 5, 20201 at their composting site in Wildwood, Ga..&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1609848784&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;34&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;New Terra Compost-20-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New Terra Compost-20-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-01-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-01-1024x684.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-01.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-01.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-01-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-01-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-01-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-01-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-01-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-01-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"429\" height=\"286\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"429\" data-original-height=\"286\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"New Terra Compost-20-\" alt=\"A fresh pile of compost.\" style=\"width: 429px; height: 286px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> A fresh pile of compost. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 447px; height: 584px;\" data-original-width=\"447\" data-original-height=\"584\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/newterra-offers-a-unique-service-in-the-chattanooga-area\/new-terra-compost-20\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"443\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"580\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"34881\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-16.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"917,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Normand Lavoie, dark jacket, and Michael Ryan, orange jacket, with New Terra Compost, work Tuesday, Jan. 5, 20201 at their composting site in Wildwood, Ga..&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1609850515&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;New Terra Compost-20-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New Terra Compost-20-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-16-229x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-16-783x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/New-Terra-Compost-21-16.jpg\" 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