Olympian effort to use recycled organics

Compost and mulch help clean up the locale of the Summer 2000 Olympics - setting the right approach to the "Green Games."

LONG BEFORE it was announced that Sydney would host the Summer 2000 Olympic Games, organics recyclers were already jockeying for their share of one of the largest supply opportunities ever seen in the Southern Hemisphere. The main area for athletic events, Homebush Bay, was previously an industrial wasteland that required significant remediation to enable its development as the Olympic site. Traditionally, remedial work involved the importation of large volumes of mined topsoil, which was grass seeded or turf overlaid to form vast areas of parkland and playing …