Delaware
Delaware's first community composting site opens
10 households have already signed up to contribute to the state’s first community composter in New Castle County’s Talley Day Park in North Wilmington.
The smell proof, rodent proof composting bins can handle organic waste from up to 50 individuals.
That includes browns (yard waste) and greens (uncooked food scraps).
Marci Muskin is one of the first site members. She says she joined because it’s good for the environment and the community.
“I eat greens every day so it’s easy enough to freeze it, not let it go bad. And then it comes here and biodegrades. The microbes eat it as it goes along. And you get a nice output.”
Composting reduces the amount of waste headed to landfills, and creates a helpful organic soil additive.
The Delaware Community Composting Initiative launched the project to help build up the state’s composting infrastructure and make it more accessible.
New Castle County Councilmember and Plastic Free Delaware co-founder Dee Durham says community composters offer both social and educational aspects to composting.
“Some people can’t have a backyard composter, maybe they live in an apartment or something like that. Or they just don’t want to bother. But they might like the social aspect of doing this together with people. And learning from other people, and being a part of a group working on a project together.”
Quinn Kirkpatrick
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Delaware Public Media
They’re looking to expand the program statewide and help more Delawareans discover the benefits of composting.
“We really strive to have a lot of educational signage around the bins so that people can learn about what’s happening. And then maybe take some of that back to their own homes. Some people are from around here, some are not. So we really hope that helps spur some education, creativity, and innovation,” explained DCCI Program Director Brigid Gregory.
While Talley Day Park is home to the state’s first community composting bin, it won’t be the last.
Gregory says they’re currently working to open two more composting sites at a community garden in Middletown called The Nest, and at Wilmington Friends High School.
The composting infrastructure at The Nest is built – they’re now working on attaining the proper permits needed to launch the site.
Construction for the Wilmington Friends composting site is planned for fall 2023.
Muskin says with all the food waste produced at schools, they’re great places for composting bins.
“And there are also a lot of schools that have gardens. I know Sprnger Middle school has a garden in the back. It would be wonderful if they had a compost bin. And then kids could get used to it at an early age. And learn that recycling is good and composting is good,” she said.
Interested site partners, and residents hoping to join a community composting site, can visit PlasticFreeDelaware.orgfor more information.
Police in Wilmington, Delaware, shot and killed a 19-year-old man Wednesday night.
The incident happened in a residential area near 24th and Jessup streets just after 11 p.m., Wilmington police said in a news release. The person who was shot has not been publicly identified.
Officers were monitoring a large crowd gathered outside when they saw a man exit a home with a handgun and point it toward the crowd, police say.
When officers approached the man, he ran away and a foot pursuit began, police say.
At some point in the chase, an officer fired their weapon and hit the 19-year-old. The man was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.
Police say they recovered a loaded gun from the man and that the officer was not injured.
Video filmed at the scene shows a crowd of residents gathered outside after the shooting.
Police are asking anyone with more information to come forward. The shooting is under investigation by the Delaware Department of Justice and Wilmington police.
Delaware Supreme Court Justice Karen L. Valihura announced Wednesday that she will lead a new corporate law institute at the Wilmington University Farnan School of Law.
She will step down from the bench of Delaware’s highest court in late July, after choosing not to seek reappointment at the end of her 12-year term. She revealed her plans for the next phase of her legal career in a special session of the court in Wilmington.
As well as joining the Wilmington University law school faculty, Valihura will be the founding director of the school’s new Corporate Law, Governance and Practice Institute. …
Wilmington Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy Tuesday night in Wilmington’s Hilltop neighborhood.
According to police, the shooting occurred at approximately 8:33 p.m. in the 1600 block of West 5th Street.
On their arrival at the scene, police say they located the 16-year-old with at least one gunshot wound and transported him to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
This incident remains under investigation.
Police did not share whether there have been any arrests in connection with the shooting or a possible motive.
Wilmington Police encourage anyone with information about this incident, contact Detective Justin Wilkers at (302) 576-3634. Information can also be sent to Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333, or Delawarecrimestoppers.com.
The Wilmington Police Department (WPD) Victim Service Unit and Youth Response Unit are available to provide information and support to victims, children, and families affected by this incident.
The Victim Service Unit can be reached at (302) 576-3622, and the Youth Response Unit can be reached at (302) 576-3183.
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