Whey to Go

At A Glance

Location: 

Cabot, Vermont

Primary Issue Area:

  • Environmental Health

Active since:

2009

Grants Received In:

  • 2010
  • 2009

Core volunteers:

14

Community Size:

2,000

Our Purpose

to educate residents of Cabot and surrounding areas of the contents of the wastewater being disposed on property in Cabot and surrounding areas; to further investigate the effects of these chemicals on land, animals and humans.

Summary of Projects

Whey to Go received a grant in 2010 to hire a waste water expert to propose a potential innovative waste water system design and for copying costs.

The group received a grant in 2009 to try to find out the effects of the 84 different chemicals being dumped on land; to educate the public in Cabot Vermont and surrounding towns; to convince landowners that these chemicals are dangerous to the environment and to people.