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Jul 6, 2008 6:12 pm US/Eastern

Md. Composting Roadkill To Avoid Burials

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) ― Maryland highway officials have come up with a new way to dispose of some of the deer killed on state highways.

Deer carcasses are placed in bins along with wood chips and manure and eventually turn into compost.

The highway administration has eight bins about the size of a small horse stall at a site in Frederick and a similar operation in Carroll County.

When full, the bins hold about 40 deer carcasses in four layers.

After six to eight months, all that's left are large bones and compost.

The bones are sifted out for aesthetic reasons and the compost is used along roadways.

Highway officials are turning to composting because burying the deer near where they are found has become more difficult as development has increased the number of underground utility lines.

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