more... > Departments > W.A.Callegari Environmental Center > W.A. Callegari Environmental Center is the LSU AgCenter's research and training facility for composting organic waste and for water and air quality. Located on an 8-acre site on the Central Research Station, the Callegari Center serves researchers, agricultural producers, private communities, governmental agencies, and the general public in the areas of composting, water quality, air quality, and bioenergy. Water Quality / Organic Degradation Research & Analytical Laboratory 1300 Dean Lee Drive · Baton Rouge, LA · 70820 [Map] W.A.Callegari Environmental Center Mailing Address P.O. Box 25100 · Baton Rouge, LA · 70894-5100 Physical Address PO Box 25100 · Baton Rouge, LA · 70894 268 Knapp Hall · Baton Rouge, LA · 70803 Phone: (225) 578-6998 · Fax: (225) 578-7765 Alternative Energy Extension [Image: Biodiesel] The LSU AgCenter's W.A. Callegari Environmental Center plays a vital role in meeting future domestic energy needs. Water Quality [Image: Landfill] The environment is the world in which we live, both the living and the non-living. Organic and Water Labs [Image: ICP] The W. A. Callegari Environmental Center Water Quality and Organic Degradation Research and Analytical Laboratories (ODRAL) are another progression in our commitment to providing excellence in service and support for our growing numbers of clientele by providing the highest quality analytical testing and interpretation of results for a wide variety of materials. Composting Organics [Image: tractor moving compost] Composting is a controlled process that uses microorganisms found in nature to transform large quanities of organic materials into a humus-like substance called compost.  more articles... Methods and Pricing for Water Quality Testing The following methods and pricing are available at the W. A. Callegari Environmnetal Center Water Quality Laboratory. W.A. Callegari Environmental Center [Image: W.A. Callegari Brochure, inside] Provides a summary of The W.A. Callegari Environmental Center and the areas of water quality, composting, bio-energy, and air quality. The 2006 State of Garbage in America [Image: Garbage] An article taken from BioCycle magazine about The State of Garbage in America. Map to W. A. Callegari Environmental Center [Image: CallegariMap] Map showing directions to W.A. Callegari Environmental Center, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge News clip of biodiesel [Image: bitmap] Channel 33 and the Baton Rouge Advocate show how the W. A. Callegari Center makes biodiesel using used vegetable oil from LSU campus cafateria Links Provides a variety of links pertaining to environmental issues. Louisiana Agriculture Magazine - Spring 1999 [Image: Magazine cover] This issue is devoted to Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station research programs that focus on the beneficial recycling or reuse of organic waste. Callegari Center receives Governor's Environmental Award [Image: Photo of award presentation] The W.A. Callegari Environmental Research and Training Center received the Governor’s Environmental Leadership Award in Waste Minimization Achievement March 31, 2005 at the Louisiana State Capitol. Composting and Beneficial Use BMPs Provides current BMPs for yard waste composting, cotton gin waste beneficial use, and benficial use facilities. You Can Protect Our Waters [Image: You Can Protect Our Water] Why be concerned? Too often, we think of ourselves as external to our environment. We ignore the many relationships among people, other living creatures and our surroundings. We ignore these relationships at our own risk. Solutions to environmental problems are far more effective when all life forms are considered part of the ecosystem.