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AND MARKETS GEORGIA BUILDS POULTRY LITTER COMPOSTING INFRASTRUCTURE Britt Faucette Besides stabilizing nutrients and moving material off farms, these composters illustrate how value added opportunities can be achieved. |
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| 27 | COMPETING WITH BEARS ORGANICS RECYCLING AT GOLF COURSE IN CANADIAN NATIONAL PARK Daryl McCartney University of Manitoba studies show a solid waste stream that has an 88 percent organic fraction. Now, all that material is composted and applied to greens and fairways. |
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COMPOST PRODUCED AT A GOLF COURSE Years of applying mercurial fungicides cause mercury buildup in putting green soil and grass clippings. |
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ON TURFGRASS FAIRWAYS AND GREENS BROADEN BASE FOR COMPOST DEMAND Wayne King, Sr. Georgia company produces a biosolids compost that is increasingly used on leading golf courses in the Atlanta region. |
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MONITORING DEMONSTRATES COMPOST BENEFITS International Sports Turf Research Center finds that compost use in greens construction creates “live soil.” |
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TO PEAT EVALUATING COMPOSTED BIOSOLIDS AS A PUTTING GREEN MIX Beth Guertal Auburn University tests root zone mixes for water-holding capacity, infiltration rates, color and overall quality. |
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TRIMMINGS PLUS BIOSOLIDS WINNING RECIPE FOR COMPOST W. Danny Lewis City of Douglas, Georgia successfully expands from a yard trimmings grinding program to a cocomposting operation. |
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POWER OF HUMUS COMPOST KEY IN GRAVEL PIT RECLAMATION Jody K. Tishmack As part of the Purdue University land management program, feedstocks generated on campus are used to make compost for revegetation. |
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WASTE REDUCTION GOAL ON-SITE COMPOSTING OF MEAT PROCESSING RESIDUALS Jim Roth Pork processor in Illinois pursues 60 percent waste reduction by 2005 via composting of 10,000 tons/year of its organic residuals. |
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FOOD RESIDUALS TESTING FEASIBILITY OF HOUSEHOLD FOOD RESIDUALS DIVERSION Jennifer Bagby and Tanya Tarnecki The city of Seattle evaluates biweekly collection methods for household separated food residuals and yard trimmings. |
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PRESENT AND FUTURE ASSESSING FOOD RESIDUALS RECYCLING POTENTIAL IN NEW JERSEY Priscilla E. Hayes, Donn A. Derr and Paula A.Y. Maas Analysis looks at how animal feeding and composting ventures are recycling some of the food residuals generated annually in the state, and what may be next on a recycling journey that began in the 1700s. |
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DIVERSION CHICKENS GET FIRST CRACK AT RESTAURANT SCRAPS Molly Farrell About seven tons/month of food residuals are collected from restaurants and a culinary school, then fed to chickens. The manure and leftovers are composted. |
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OPERATORS MODELING A COMPOST FACILITY Jason Governo Engineers at the University of Georgia develop a computer program to address “what if” questions for a windrow composting facility concerning process design, pad size, retention pond and costs |
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USERS CONTAINERIZED PERENNIALS MAKE GOOD USE OF COMPOST Sandra B. Wilson, Peter J. Stoffella and Laurie A. Krumfolz Nursery industry, plants and environment benefit greatly when compost amended media replace peat as substrate. |
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DEVELOPMENTS WINDROW TURNER ORIGINS AND FUNDAMENTALS Nora Goldstein and Robert Rynk A detailed look at how various windrow turner manufacturers got into the business provides insight into the various models in the marketplace. Part II |
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EUROPE MANAGING ORGANIC RESIDUALS IN EUROPE In Austria, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, separate collection and recycling of biowaste are regulated and implemented at greater than 50 percent. |
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ASIA, AFRICA IMPROVING COMPOSTING OPERATIONS IN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING NATIONS Two agencies — one in the UK and the other in the Netherlands — publish manuals to achieve sustainable waste management goals. |
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CUBA NEW EMPHASIS ON MANAGING ORGANIC RESIDUALS Britt Faucette Shift to sustainable agricultural methods in Cuba leads to vermicomposting, urban food production and biopesticide research. |
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| Each issue also features departments such as: BioCycle World, Reader's Q&A, Regional Roundup, Abstracts and Industry News. |
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