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West Tisbury Library Enters the Age of Sustainability

Of the six public libraries on Martha’s Vineyard the West Tisbury Free Public Library has the highest annual circulation and longest open hours for visitation.  It houses the Island’s largest book collection, and up until last year it yielded the highest circulation for its comparative space of a mere 5,600 square feet. Recognizing that their small building lacked sufficient shelf space, a children’s room, dedicated quiet space, a community program area and, above all, adequate

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Protecting RI’s shoreline with Clivus

Protecting the RI Shorelines with Clivus Composting Waste Treatment Systems Over the years the State of Rhode Island has identified areas that it deems critical resource areas, regions that are particularly sensitive to the detrimental effects of nutrients such as nitrogen, pathogenic organisms, organic chemicals and other substances that may be present in effluent from onsite wastewater treatment systems.  These regions are groundwater recharge zones that include salt ponds and drinking supply watersheds. With the

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Sustainable Cape Cod: New Tools & Practices for Clean Water & Community Benefit

On Monday and Tuesday, October 22 and 23, the Cape Cod Commission and Water Alliance will host a conference to educate the general public about clean water practices to benefit our communities. Clivus New England will be on hand to show how Clivus composting systems and greywater filters can lower or eliminate nitrogen and phosphorus levels in wastewater to help preserve our wetlands and water supplies.  A working model of the Nepon foam-flush toilet will

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Clivus New England to exhibit at 50th Annual Yankee Conference

Clivus New England, Inc., is pleased to once again be exhibiting at the annual Yankee Conference on Environmental Health.  Join us September 26th and 27th at the Mystic Marriott, Groton, CT.  Displays, information packages, slides, and printed case studies will be available when you stop by our Booth 20. Check out a working model of the Nepon Foam-Flush toilet!!  Learn how Clivus can help you conserve water, reduce waste, preserve land, eliminate nitrogen, and protect

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Magee Fund helps Boy Scouts improve their camps

George W. Magee Memorial Trust fund has made it possible for many Massachusetts BSA Council camps to improve their restroom facilities and bring them indoors while still preserving the natural environments of the camps.  The Clivus composting systems installed at these and many other camps use no water, discharge no polluting waste, and help replenish natural resources.  Scouts and guests appreciate the odor free and comfortable-to-use restrooms…and they get a lesson in preservation, too! Don’t

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