For Immediate Release 04/18/2006 Dramm saves fish scraps from wastewater treatment plant | Contact: Megan McDonough mmcdonough@dramm.com (920) 684-0227 |
ALGOMA, WIS. – Dramm Corporation will pick up fish scraps from the Algoma Marina, Algoma, Wis., beginning this summer and convert them into Drammatic® Liquid Fish Fertilizer, saving the scraps from being sent to the wastewater treatment plant. The plan is part of a new fish cleaning station at the marina. At the new station, sports fishermen will place their fish scraps onto a series of conveyor belts, which will deposit the scraps into a tote in a walk-in cooler that maintains the quality of the scraps until they can be made into fertilizer. The tote holds approximately 1,500 to 2,000 pounds. A sensor will go off when the tote is full, stopping the conveyor belts and notifying a marina worker. The worker then will replace the full tote with an empty tote, and once five totes are full, the worker will contact Dramm to pick up the fish scraps. Dramm will bring five empty totes to the marina and transport the five full totes to Dramm’s facility in Algoma. The scraps that used to be sent to the wastewater treatment plant instead will be ground, put through a cold process, filtered and bottled as Drammatic® Liquid Fish Fertilizer. Dramm’s cold process allows the fish to retain its natural oils, amino acids, nutrients and minerals, creating an all-natural fertilizer that can be used for conventional, sustainable or organic crop production. Dramm obtains most of its fish scrap supply from commercial sports fishermen of the Great Lakes. Dramm, however, urges any other marinas located along Lake Michigan to contact Dramm if they are interested in creating this mutually beneficial arrangement, keeping fish scraps out of treatment plants or landfills and instead recycling them into the earth. Dramm Corporation, headquartered in Manitowoc, Wis., manufactures and distributes professional quality watering tools and greenhouse equipment as well as all-natural liquid fish fertilizer. For more information, please contact Megan McDonough at Dramm. |
For Immediate Release 04/18/2006 Dramm saves fish scraps from wastewater treatment plant | Contact: Megan McDonough mmcdonough@dramm.com (920) 684-0227 |
ALGOMA, WIS. – Dramm Corporation will pick up fish scraps from the Algoma Marina, Algoma, Wis., beginning this summer and convert them into Drammatic® Liquid Fish Fertilizer, saving the scraps from being sent to the wastewater treatment plant. The plan is part of a new fish cleaning station at the marina. At the new station, sports fishermen will place their fish scraps onto a series of conveyor belts, which will deposit the scraps into a tote in a walk-in cooler that maintains the quality of the scraps until they can be made into fertilizer. The tote holds approximately 1,500 to 2,000 pounds. A sensor will go off when the tote is full, stopping the conveyor belts and notifying a marina worker. The worker then will replace the full tote with an empty tote, and once five totes are full, the worker will contact Dramm to pick up the fish scraps. Dramm will bring five empty totes to the marina and transport the five full totes to Dramm’s facility in Algoma. The scraps that used to be sent to the wastewater treatment plant instead will be ground, put through a cold process, filtered and bottled as Drammatic® Liquid Fish Fertilizer. Dramm’s cold process allows the fish to retain its natural oils, amino acids, nutrients and minerals, creating an all-natural fertilizer that can be used for conventional, sustainable or organic crop production. Dramm obtains most of its fish scrap supply from commercial sports fishermen of the Great Lakes. Dramm, however, urges any other marinas located along Lake Michigan to contact Dramm if they are interested in creating this mutually beneficial arrangement, keeping fish scraps out of treatment plants or landfills and instead recycling them into the earth. Dramm Corporation, headquartered in Manitowoc, Wis., manufactures and distributes professional quality watering tools and greenhouse equipment as well as all-natural liquid fish fertilizer. For more information, please contact Megan McDonough at Dramm. |