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 JULY 2000 Vol. 41, No. 7 |
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30 | GROWING MARKETS NEW TRENDS IN SUSTAINABLE FARMING BUILD COMPOST USE Christy Porter Humpert As large-scale growers seek better ways to control pathogens, meet consumer demand for “cleaner” food and improve profit margins, the market for composted products expands even faster. |
| 34 | WOOD RECOVERY ... AND MORE DECONSTRUCTION SHIFTS FROM PHILOSOPHY TO BUSINESS Neil Seldman and Mark Jackson Entrepreneurs, public agencies, military bases and demolition companies are finding that deconstruction recovers marketable materials while providing job training. |
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| FOCUS ON GLASS | ||
| 39 | ADDED VALUE/HIGHER VOLUME IMPROVED MARKETS FOR RECYCLED GLASS Robert Kirby Industrial applications, such as blasting abrasives, filtration medium and fusing to make consumer products, hold potential to create more profitable markets for recycled glass. |
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| 40 | RECYCLED GLASS VALUE/VOLUME RELATIONSHIPS | |
| 44 | CREATING NEW MARKETS SPOTLIGHT ON GLASS RECYCLING INNOVATORS Catherine Lottes, Rebecca Larson, John McClurg, Sean Penrith, Terri Raudenbush The glow of recovery-based enterprise is bright ‘n clear for these companies that design and manufacture products with recycled glass. |
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| 49 | FARM-SCALE SYSTEM COMPOSTING LIQUID MANURE IN-VESSEL Ron Fleming and Malcolm MacAlpine Researchers at Ridgetown College in Ontario operate a system to minimize odors in composting liquid swine manure with bulking agents. |
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| 50 | COMPOSTING TURKEY MANURE John Stolp |
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| MUNICIPAL RECYCLING TRENDS | ||
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52 | PARTICIPATION BOOST MAXIMIZING MULTIFAMILY RECYCLING A. Pandora Touart Seattle is taking a number of steps to make its collection program more user friendly and flexible for residents of multifamily dwellings. |
| 54 | WASTE REDUCTION PROGRAMS THE ABCS OF DIVERTING 50 PERCENT-PLUS A 1999 report profiles cities that have cut waste streams by 50 percent or more. Here is a sampling of a few. |
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| 56 | ECO-CYCLE PROGRAM UPDATE RECYCLING MODEL EXPANDS SERVICES Mark Ruzzin Building on its 24 years as a nonprofit recycler in Boulder, Colorado, Eco-Cycle has developed an aggressive game plan to reach higher diversion levels. |
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| 58 | BOULDER COUNTY GOAL ENVISIONING CLOSED-LOOP RECYCLING Kara Dinhoffer Residents and businesses in Boulder may soon have their organic materials collected at curbside and composted on nearby farms scattered throughout the county. |
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| 60 | COMPOST OPERATORS IMPROVING ODOR MANAGEMENT ON MUSHROOM FARMS David M. Beyer, Robert Rynk, John Pecchia and Paul Wuest Odor control is driving a shift toward forced aeration in the first step of preparing mushroom substrate, mirroring changes in the composting industry generally. |
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64 | COMPOST USERS COMPOST MARKETING TRENDS IN THE U.S. Ron Alexander Survey of 32 participants in the U.S. Composting Council’s STA program reveals landscapers and homeowners are the top markets, with compost most commonly used for turf and garden applications. |
| 65 | KEY ELEMENTS OF THE SEAL OF TESTING ASSURANCE PROGRAM | |
| 66 | STA PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS | |
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| WOOD PROCESSING EFFICIENCIES | ||
| 67 | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ORGANICS RECYCLER MAXIMIZES PROCESSING EFFICIENCY Dave Block St. Louis compost and mulch producer keeps down cost and boosts production with sensible processing practices. |
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70 | SIMPLE SEPARATION DIVERTING WOOD AND CARDBOARD AT CONSTRUCTION SITES Wisconsin project demonstrates the ease of recovering materials generated at residential home construction sites. |
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| COVER STORY | ||
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71 | EDUCATE, EDUCATE, EDUCATE WHY COLORADO FARMERS WANT NEW YORK CITY BIOSOLIDS Michael Scharp Ultimately, it’s the performance of the biosolids that builds end user demand. Getting to that point requires a high quality product delivered by a program that covers all the bases. |
| 72 | REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE | |
| 76 | FARMER, COUNTY COMMISSIONER VIEW John Stulp wears two hats when it comes to biosolids utilization — one as an end user and the other as a commissioner whose job it is to ensure there are no negative public health and environmental impacts. |
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| Each issue also features departments such as: BioCycle World, Reader's Q&A, Regional Roundup, Abstracts and Industry News. |