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r .-‘l i i fife-nipping behind the old Borden fee 1 building which he and some other partners rent to 15 tenants. I . M k 1 It looks like h: moved in that if Recyc mg a r e euthanasia“ H fii , w outside where Egfimfii ' L ' giaéfiaé’rfiiin uses to scribble p 0 n 1- " a I his ideas, names and phone for firm fh a 2‘ Turns numbers is jammed full. He's going to make a couple of pa //e is in to wood Ch i ps Famine ropAv Monday. July 1, 199‘: ‘1‘7. . 7_ presentations this week and try to land some big contracts with industrial pallet-using companies. If landfill sites raise I tees for pallet dumping, another pallet source will open for North Star. As Reeve of Westminster Town, Budden’s ear is close to the wall when it comes to s d h m municipal leanings and changes. by SUSwggl iii/Illegal‘GNELL As a politician he knows Farming Today Start anything with one of the three environmental R’s can be wildly BELMONT â€" Don Budden's ' 1 problem isn‘t a lack of business. The North Star Industrial Recycling inc. general manager has something else on his mind. Budden, in business with partners Jack Dykxhoorn, Lloyd Boughner and Don Matthews, sees so much potential...and that’s kind of the problem. North Star takes wood pallets â€" used industrial skids â€" and turns them into wood chips successful. As former owner of a Glanworth car repair shop he also knows Noxth Star is a new kind of business and finding the“ ‘ .--a niche and developing that market is partly education, experience and entrepreneurial skills. Budden gets a hone call. The caller, a man, asfis if he has any sawdust. “No, ” responds Budden. Well, how about shavings? In fact, the three largest Holstein sales arenas in the area use these chips and local dairv suitable for decorative garden “No.” edging and livestock bedding. 1 . . Well, what does he sell, ‘ ‘ anyway? _ I? H . § Rmponds Budden. “it’s totally ,v ‘ r -- a 7 different, it’s chips. You have to Don Buddon at North Star Industrial Recycling in Belmont lu come in andsee it foryourself." farmers are North Star's mam wood pallets lnlo barnyard wood chlps. Local dairy tarmers like to i Budden. waving his arm CUStOUlEl‘SA the product to bed down animals and Buddon hopes to cash in on around his desk lied high with The farmer Cans ahead, puns three-way recycling aspect: lrom pallets to chips; and than used ch information, ta] 5 about how into the yard (acres of pallets plowed Into the tlelds. » capital investment intensive this stacked the height of a small . , . . business is and how when on house) and backs up his truck It 5 natural, recycled, seems to they re trying footpaths for pit say North Star you.” Huang under a huge mulching machine. Simi‘m'lfigclggge'esoaks 1y oit‘owntoperatorsi they? about the “realm of a lot of 00 m c - ., ()ne of the five full-time r asuna e mg a co pressmg pa 9L things- V Y compared to traditional straw into fire lace lo ....the ‘re , 3283915] {335: “£859 93153:: d bedding. In addition. when wonderiliig aboufihe useyof trsggfia'd of :10 due? (a’her g 9” farmers have finished with the crushed pallets for growing magnet has Sficked out the nails) bedding, they can spread it on shiitake mushrooms...and how is a thick, aromatic mixture of the land; thus the recycled pallet about 507pound bags of chips for Strawmke particles containing 18 recycled a second time. hobby horse owners?. ,a 40 per cent hardwood and 60 per What to do with all this What about the latest . cent softwood. potential? environmental buzzword ~ 1 The pallets that are reusable They're experimenting with composung? Budde" sees are sold to another operation how to package the slightly incredible Wtenua] With here, North Star Pallets, a larger landscaping chips . ‘ backyard composters and his separate busmess. they're experimenting with chips. Farmers like the chip product. poultry and swine bedding; Budden works out of a trailer