{"id":1385,"date":"2019-08-15T23:29:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T03:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2019-08-16T21:28:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T01:28:40","slug":"opinion-is-lakeland-florida-biosolids-central-biosolids-compost-and-odor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2019\/08\/15\/opinion-is-lakeland-florida-biosolids-central-biosolids-compost-and-odor\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Is Lakeland Florida Biosolids central? Biosolids, Compost and Odor????"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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By Bill Scott <\/strong>\u2013 a resident of Polk County <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biosolids<\/strong> —— <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the middle of 2016, Florida sewer plants have been\nexporting large shipments their sewage remnants known as biosolids or sludge to\na faulty in Lakeland called BS Ranch & Farm, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BS Ranch & Farm Mission Statement from their website<\/a>: \u201cBS Ranch & Farm is a farm in the recycling and composting business. Our goal is to provide the highest quality products, the most competitive rates, and the most convenient disposal sites. We are driven not only by our sense of responsibility to the earth but also to our future generations. By cooperating with local residents, businesses and government agencies we hope to promote the health of our environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BS Ranch & Farm is neither a Ranch or a Farm it has a\npermit for industrial wastewater and processes yard waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But thanks to Polk County — BS Ranch & Farm has an LTD agriculture business tax certificate <\/a>on the industrial-zoned property, account # 145778. Why? They should have an Industrial Waste Water business tax certificate per Polk County. Currently, Polk County is investigating this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n