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 MARCH 2000 Vol. 41, No. 3 |
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30 | ON-SITE COMPOSTING OPTIONS CONTAINED COMPOSTING SYSTEMS REVIEW Robert Rynk Increasing interest in composting food residuals at the point of generation has led equipment designers and manufacturers to respond with contained systems of various types and scale. Part I |
| 37 | INTEGRATED BUSINESSES COLLECTION AND COMPOSTING SERVICES FOR WINE PRODUCERS Upper Valley Recycling collects grape pomace, composts it, then sells it back to vineyards in California’s famous Napa Valley. |
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| 39 | A DUMP TRUCK START-UP WOOD RECYCLING BRIGHTENS THE DAILY GRIND Jack Petree A North Carolina high school graduate builds his own career track as well as the landfill life of Davidson County. |
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| 80 | GREEN ENERGY ON THE FARM RECOVERING COSTS OF MANAGING MANURE Vermont anaerobic digestion research project seeks ways to add economics to the other benefits of putting methane to work on small dairy farms in the Northeast. |
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41 | TAPPING THE WASTE STREAM CANADIAN COMPOSTING INDUSTRY ON THE GROW Susan Antler The number of composting facilities in Canada tripled in the second half of the 1990s to more than 300 operations processing over 1.6 million metric tons of organics annually. |
| 44 | ORGANICS DIVERSION ACTION COMPOSTING ON ALL FRONTS IN ALBERTA Licia Paddison and Donna Chaw The province of Alberta has a high level of composting activity, and soon will be home to the largest mixed waste composting facility in North America. |
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| 49 | FROM SOUP TO PUCKS TORONTO’S STRATEGY FOR DOUBLING RECOVERY RATE City will compare anaerobic digestion of mixed waste and source separated organics processing as part of strategy to double diversion by bringing new MSW processing plants on-line. |
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| 51 | THREE-STREAM COLLECTION PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND MOVES TOWARD PROVINCE-WIDE SOURCE SEPARATION Dave Barrett Segregation of compostables, recyclables and garbage is part of an integrated waste plan to reach an island-wide diversion rate of 65 percent by the end of 2001. |
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53 | REGIONAL OVERVIEWS LANDFILL BAN STIMULATES COMPOSTING PROGRAMS IN NOVA SCOTIA Barry Friesen Restriction of disposal of organics has led to numerous composting programs throughout this Canadian province. Report on past year shows both progress and ongoing challenges. |
| 55 | RESIDENTIAL PARTICIPATION HIGH IN COLCHESTER COUNTY | |
| 56 | YARMOUTH SITE SERVES RESIDENTS IN THREE COUNTIES | |
| 60 | TWO-STREAM SORT ONTARIO CITY MAKES WET-DRY WORK Megan McGarrity Guelph pioneered an innovative solid waste management system in 1995 that results in cocollection of two commingled streams: dry includes recyclables and trash; wet includes organics. |
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| 65 | IN-VESSEL MODEL COMPOSTING CATTLE AND DAIRY MANURE IN AGITATED BAYS Dave Block On-farm composting with aeration system solves manure storage problem for Cedarwal Farms in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Smaller version of the system works well for goat farm. |
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| 67 | INDUSTRY/GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP MANAGING SCRAP TIRES VIA STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS With funds from fees on new tires, Manitoba and New Brunswick provide financial incentives to companies to manufacture products like rubber sheeting and dock bumpers. |
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| 69 | MAKING TIRE FIBER AND GROUND RUBBER | |
| 70 | REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE PUSHING THE THREE R’S IN NOVA SCOTIA SCHOOLS Program brings a new definition to the three R’s, as schools come into compliance with the province’s ban on disposing recyclable and compostable materials in landfills. |
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| 72 | COMPOST OPERATORS TAKING A DECENTRALIZED ROUTE TO COMPOST YARD TRIMMINGS Molly Farrell A network of 40 farms, vineyards and nurseries is used to manage yard trimmings on eastern Long Island, New York. |
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77 | COMPOST USERS USING SPECIFICATIONS TO EXPAND COMPOST MARKETS Barclay Hudson California project seeks to improve buyers’ understanding of how compost requirements can vary depending upon specific uses — thereby improving customer satisfaction.. |
| Each issue also features departments such as: BioCycle World, Reader's Q&A, Regional Roundup, Abstracts and Industry News. |