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 JUNE 2001 Vol. 42, No. 6 |
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| 25 | REACHING ALL RESIDENCES EXPANDING A FOOD RESIDUALS COLLECTION AND COMPOSTING PROGRAM Molly Farrell Hutchinson, Minnesota opens a new $3.4 million facility to process organics from all households and other generators. |
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| 29 | MONEY SAVING OPTION COMPOSTING COOPERATIVES SERVE BOSTON AREA BUSINESSES Justin Adams Hotels, colleges, restaurants and fish processor work with WasteCap to spend less for collection and disposal, while increasing recycling levels. |
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IMPROVING PERFORMANCE PROCESSING EQUIPMENT RETROFIT AT FLORIDA COMPOSTING FACILITY Patrick D. Byers Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County improves its methods for preprocessing yard trimmings and “finishing” the compost produced at its facility. |
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SIX CITY PARTNERSHIP LANDFILL AND WASTEWATER PLANT MAKE A GREAT COMBO A wastewater treatment facility with too many biosolids and a landfill with too many yard trimmings have teamed up in Utah to compost residuals in a joint venture. |
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RECYCLING ON THE WORM FARM THE LARGEST PERMITTED VERMICOMPOSTERS IN IOWA Shelene Codner Goals of this part-time business are to divert organic feedstocks, market worm castings, educate school children — and “expand the operation by four times in the near future.” |
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WASTEWATER REUSE ADVANCED DESIGNS FOR CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS Scott Wallace Treatment wetlands for commercial and industrial liquid residuals are using such technologies as vertical flow, Reciprocating Bed and Forced Bed Aeration in areas considered “too cold” a few years ago. |
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CHALLENGING FEEDSTOCKS ROTATIONAL BUNKER SYSTEM COMPOSTS SHEEP OFFAL Donna Chaw Initial tests of units developed at Olds College indicate sufficiently high temperatures are generated to control pathogens. |
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FROM BELTS TO TEETH SUMMERTIME TIPS FOR GRINDER MAINTENANCE Equipment owners will benefit greatly by performing preventive tasks now, avoiding grinder breakdowns. |
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CAREER TRANSFORMATION MANURE AND FOOD RESIDUALS COMPOST ARE IN THE BAG Dave Block Dairy farmer brings in partners to shift into a composting operation that includes a bagging system for their product. |
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COMPOST OPERATORS GETTING MOISTURE INTO THE COMPOST PILE Robert Rynk A survey of operators in various regions of the U.S. provides insights into keeping the composting process wet enough — the what, when, how, and how much of adding moisture. |
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COMPOST USERS TAPPING POTENTIAL FOR COMPOST USE IN HIGHWAY APPLICATIONS Ron Alexander A U.S. EPA grant is funding development of a model compost specification for state Departments of Transportation, and the assembling of lists of state officials and compost suppliers. |
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STATUS OF ORGANICS RECYCLING/COMPOSTING IN JAPAN Mitsuo Chino How many tons of compostable MSW, food industry residuals, animal manure, biosolids and woody materials are generated each year? How much is composted and recycled? A special JORA committee supplies the answers. |
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RECYCLING BY FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES Mami Okamoto and Akikuni Ushikubo Survey response from 562 companies provides data on treatment and recovery methods now being used on-site as well as off site. |
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MANAGING MANURE ON JAPANESE LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY FARMS K. Haga Composting is main treatment method for 90 million tons of manure from dairy and beef cattle and pigs. |
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EMPHASIS ON BIOSOLIDS REUSE AND COMPOSTING Hiroaki Morita and Hideyuki Saino Report provides data on beneficial use of biosolids, guidelines and regulations, and how municipalities are expanding compost markets. |
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EXAMPLES OF SYSTEMS USED AT COMPOSTING FACILITIES Japan is developing a stronger industrial composting infrastructure to provide special equipment and systems that fulfill organics recycling goals. |
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HARNESSING ENERGY FROM MANURES AND SOYBEAN CURD RESIDUALS Combination anaerobic digestion/composting facility in Kyoto Prefecture uses all generated electricity and yields a fertilizer product with four percent nitrogen. |
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JAPAN ORGANICS RECYCLING ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES Toshiaki Tadano To achieve its goals, JORA will promote public awareness, development of recycling systems and markets, and educational programs. |
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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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