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MSD offering free "Louisville Green" fertilizer to Kentucky and Indiana residents
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Fertilizer for your garden is being offered for free from Louisville's Metropolitan Sewer District.
MSD makes pellets of what it calls Louisville Green from the byproduct of what Louisville residents flush away.
In a release, MSD said the Earth-friendly "soil amendment" is what's left after the wastewater treatment at the Morris Forman plant. The "biosolids" are ideal for farms, lawns, landscapes and gardens because the heat-dried pellets stay in the soil longer and release nutrients slowly.
MSD processes and distributes approximately 10,000 dry tons of Louisville Green annually. That saves more than 1 million cubic feet of landfill space per year. Since 2004, Louisville Green has been used by sod farmers and home owners, as well as golf and sports-field groundskeepers.