Kona Composting business cited as environmental steward

A private business and a nonprofit both benefited from a Lower Makefield award handed out at the Feb. 2 township supervisors meeting.
Heather Guidice, owner of Kona Composting in the township, was honored with the 2021 Environmental Stewardship Award presented to her by Environmental Advisory Commission member Jim Bray.
Guidice received a large plaque. However, as a for-profit business, Kona was not eligible to get a $1,000 check that’s also part of the award, and so Guidice donated the money to the Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve in Solebury Township. Board of Directors member Pam Newitt was at the meeting to accept the check on behalf of Bowman’s.
Kona Composting takes food waste and turns it into compost that is returned to clients to enrich their gardens and other plantings.
In less than two years, Guidice’s business has attracted about 150 clients, supervisors Chairman James McCartney said.
“They’re reducing food waste in Bucks County one home at a time,” he said.
“We’re trying to give folks an easy opportunity to make a difference in the community,” Guidice added.

The EAC has been handing out the award for about 15 years, said Bray.
“The highlight of our year is always this night,” he added.
In other business from the meeting, the supervisors voted to advertise for proposals on a $1.65 million loan that will help fund the township’s $3 million road improvement program for 2022. The program is scheduled to repave all or parts of 56 roads in the township totaling more than 11 miles.
Township Manager Kurt Ferguson said the loan will be repaid in three years and that he has budgeted annual interest rates of 3.5 percent, though the actual rates won’t be known until the township gets the proposals back from lenders.
Also, the supervisors approved Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. as the date and time for a meeting to consider an Act 537 special study that will touch on several aspects of the township sewer system that is being sold to Aqua Pennsylvania for $53 million.
Ferguson said the study should not affect the formal closing on the sale tentatively scheduled for March 4. The sale has been approved by the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission.
The meeting will be held at the township administration building, 1100 Edgewood Road, but can also be joined via Zoom.

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