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==USDA Funding for Compost Marketing Video==In spring 2011, Taylor appeared in a marketing video for the [[sewage sludge]] industry with sludge composting promoter and environmental consultant [[Ron Alexander]], encouraging consumers to use municipal sewage sludge as compost for their yards and gardens. [[Sewage sludge]] is often marketed deceptively as "organic [[biosolids compost]]" to consumers. The video was funded by a [[USDA]] grant and presented by the [[University of Hawaii]] and the [[Rodale Institute]]. The [[USDA]]'s chief soil scientist is [[Rufus Chaney]], a prominent sludge promoter. The video can be seen here440-926-2607 | fax: 440-926-4021
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*[[Ron Alexander]]
*[[sewage sludge]]
*[[biosolids compost]]
*[[toxic sludge]]
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'''Rod Tyler''' is the [http://www.filtrexx.com/experts.htm CEO ] of Filtrexx International. [[Filtrexx International]]is a [[sewage sludge]] compost company based in Grafton, Ohio.<ref>[http://www.filtrexx.com/aboutfiltrexx.htm Filtrexx International: Company Profile | What Is Filtrexx?, 2010] Filtrexx International Website Accessed April 12, 2011. </ref>
==Sewage Sludge Industry Connections==
Filtrexx uses [[sewage sludge]] to create what the company refers to as "locally made, annually renewable, biobased, recycled compost and other organic materials, contained by our USA manufactured mesh containment system to create patented products used around the world." The company specializes in using [[sewage sludge]]-derived products and other recycled "organics" to prevent erosion.<ref>[http://www.filtrexx.com/research.htm Filtrexx International: Research and Development, 2010] Filtrexx International Website Accessed April 12, 2011.</ref>
Filtrexx openly acknowledges "partnerships"--whether that indicates funding or research collaboration is unclear--with many well-known proponents of growing food in [[sewage sludge]] on it [http://www.filtrexx.com/memberships.htm website], including the U.S. [[Environmental Protection Agency]], the [[U.S. Composting Council]], [[BioCycle]] Magazine and the [[USDA]].
==Tyler's Appearance in "Using Compost" Video, Promoting Sewage Sludge "Compost"==
The video title "Using Compost for Landscape and Nursery Production" is "A production of the [[US Composting Council]] and the [[Rodale Institute]], with partners [[R. Alexander Associates, Inc.]] and [[Filtrexx International]]." Funding apparently came from the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] (via USDA CSREES Grant 91-COOP-1-6159). Also involved is the [[University of Hawaii]]. It promotes making "compost" with [[sewage sludge]], which in the video is called by the PR euphemism "[[biosolids]]."
The online hosts are [[Ron Alexander]] of R. Alexander Associates, Inc., described as a "leading compost marketer," and [[Rod Tyler]], [[Filtrexx]] CEO, with the title of "America's compost gardener." Both promote [[sewage sludge]] compost, as of course does the Us Composting Council.
USDA chief soil scientist [[Rufus Chaney]] is a long-standing advocate of putting [[sewage sludge]] on food-growing land. The closing credits report that the "compost" used in the video was "supplied by Lehigh County Office of Solid Waste Management Composting Facility and the Rodale Institute Experimental Farm."
Additional funds for this sludge industry PR video came from Houston-based [[Browning Ferris Industries]], one of the nation's largest waste management companies. BFI companies are trademarked under the enormous waste management umbrella company, [[Allied Waste Industries]].
View the video here:
{{#evp:youtube|GD1sMQj-p9g|UsingCompost.com - Using Compost for Landscape and Nursery Production: A production of the US Composting Council and the Rodale Institute, with partners R. Alexander Associates, Inc. and Filtrexx International |center|250}}
===Filtrexx Admits to Using Sewage Sludge In School Garden Planters===
At [[BioCycle]] Magazine's 2011 Global Conference in San Diego, California, Filtrexx admitted that the company's non-profit arm, the [[Filtrexx Foundation]], a 501 c-3, spreads [[sewage sludge]]-based products, disguised by the PR euphemism "[[biosolids compost]]," that Filtrexx creates in school garden planters. Video to come of Filtrexx's appearance at BioCycle Global 2011. Check back for updates.
==Contact Info==
Filtrexx International, LLC
35481 Grafton Eastern Rd | Grafton, Oh 44044
==Articles and resources==
===Related SourceWatch articles===
*[[sewage sludge]]
*[[U.S. Composting Council]]
*[[BioCycle]]
*[[Rodale Institute]]
*[[Rufus Chaneybiosolids compost]]
*[[USDA]]
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