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Meet our Silver SponsorsWe are delighted to welcome Peats Soil & Garden Supplies and Katherine TreeMaintenance as Silver Sponsors of NT Farmers Association.Leading organics recycling, composting and renewable energy manufacturer Peats Group Ltd are proud toannounce the official opening of their fifth organics processing and manufacturing site co-located at ShoalBay Waste Management Facility.Peats Group commenced organics processing operations on 1st April 2020 in conjunction with processingpartners Katherine Tree Maintenance (KTM) and site operators Veolia, resulting in production of 10,000cubic metres of mulch products in the first three months. Plans are in place for the processing facility to befully operational by mid 2021.Operating under the banner of Peats Group, Peats Soil and Garden Supplies is a second-generation companywith a vision to be a world leader in sustainable and innovative organics recycling. Based in South Australia,for 45 years Peats have been processing and marketing recyclable organic resources, creating valuablelandscaping, garden and horticultural products and earning a reputation as a true environmental and carbonfriendly company.Drawing on years of composting experience and expertise, streamlining the processing of the currentorganic materials and growing the capacity of the Darwin site will be paramount. The operations will providebusinesses and City of Darwin residents with a solution for their green waste and will importantly divertorganic materials from landfill. The breakdown of organic materials in landfill generates the potentgreenhouse gas methane and produces potentially polluting leachate. From a climate perspective, divertinggreen waste from landfill has the largest impact of any solid waste component.Apart from the environmental reasons to divert green organics from landfill, the processing of thesematerials produces nutrient rich soil improving products for growers, farmers, landscapers and gardeners touse.Peats soil amendment and mulch products are already available at the site, including the innovative carbonbuilding product Peats Blend 437 granules, and others will be added as operations expand.Peats Managing Director, Peter Wadewitz said, “Our product will improve soil production, water retention,are environmentally sustainable and carbon friendly and we are ready to work with the agriculture industryin the Territory to deliver great outcomes.”Peats and Katherine Tree Maintenance look forward to working with NT Farmers to support residents, localgovernment, commercial and agricultural industry in theNorthern Territory to “Put life into their soils”.19
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