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EPA honors mine for waste rec cling ro ram <br /> By Kit Miniclier max said Monday. sites in the county, so the composting is used to harden steel. <br /> Denver Post Staff Writer Most of the treated sewage waste,or project provides an outlet for that "This project represents a unique and <br /> sludge, is produced during the winter waste,too. <br /> The Climax Molybdenum Co.'s inno- creative recycling partnership among <br /> vative use of wood months, when tens of thousands of ski- To date, about 120 acres have been entities," <br /> - <br /> waste from five wastewater districts sewage <br /> ers and other visitors use the sanitary reclaimed,creating fields of waist-high said several ach Margolierivate s public <br /> plant opera <br /> facilities. grasses where elk are actually bedding tar for the SilverthornefDillon Joint <br /> Summit from the Environmental national has won r cog- Climax has been receiving about down at night," said Bryce Romig, the Sewer Authority. - <br /> titi Agency. 1,000 tons of dried product annually environmental coordinator for Climax. <br /> since the program began four years ago Climax,an open pit and underground Additional participants are the Snake <br /> "It truly is a win-win situation, be- and has used it, with wood chips and mine near Leadville, opened in 1918 River Wastewater Treatment plant;_ <br /> cause Summit County doesn't have to other materials, to produce a compost and ceased production in 1995 because Breckenridge Sanitation District; Cop <br /> truck sewage sludge to the eastern 1�alf that creates soil,which is spread in the of low molybdenum prices. Ld per Mountain Consolidated Metropd ii-. <br /> of the state,and Climax gets nutrients" summer months. Now on standby, the mine still has tan District; Frisco Sanitation District; <br /> to help rehabilitate some of its 1,800 The wood chips are gleaned from one of the largest molybdenite reserves Summit County Recycling;and Westvac <br /> acres of tailings, Anne Beierle of Cli scrap lumber from the many building in the world. Among other uses, "moly" Environmental Services. <br /> 43 <br />