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 MAY 2001 Vol. 42, No. 5 |
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26 | PALLETS TO GARDEN PRODUCTS VALUE-ADDED WOOD RECYCLING WORKS A business venture of St. Paul’s Neighborhood Energy Consortium demonstrates reuse can generate as much as $3,000/ton. WoodWinds is turning out to be a model for sustainable enterprise development, with its production of outdoor furniture and garden accessories. |
| 28 | CLEARING FOR PROFIT PRERECYCLING WOODY MATERIALS Jack Petree Oregon company develops efficient materials handling methods to get high quality wood from low quality juniper trees. |
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WIDE RANGE OF FEEDSTOCKS PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY’S DIVERSE ORGANICS STREAM Conni Kunzler By-products from the pulp and paper industry fall into many categories — from industrial sludges that are land applied or composted to postconsumer fibers that are part of organics composting programs. |
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SUSTAINABLE GREEN POWER ANAEROBIC DIGESTERS MOVE INTO OREGON Will Charlton During the past six months, construction has begun at three digester sites in Oregon, with six to eight more in the planning stages. |
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ON-SITE SEWAGE SYSTEMS NEW OUTLOOK FOR DECENTRALIZED WASTEWATER TREATMENT Robert Feinbaum As researchers analyze the soils’ ability to absorb discharge, greater focus is on alternatives to septic tanks and standard drain fields that include peat filter systems, constructed wetlands and drip irrigation. |
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COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE TAKING THE DECONSTRUCTION ROAD TO C&D MANAGEMENT A Portland, Oregon company recycles 85 percent of the materials from its projects and demonstrates that manually dismantling homes is often more economical than demolition. “This is a concept whose time has come,” declares Jim Primdahl. “With the proper market for materials methodologies, systems thinking and models for bidding and estimating, it can be done cost competitively without having to be a subsidized industry.” |
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A NATURAL EVOLUTION PALLET REMANUFACTURER SUPPLIES COLORED MULCH MARKET Jeff Olawski What was a disposal problem for a pallet recycling firm in Pennsylvania is ground into a new product line. “The components that we can’t reuse in pallet repair go into our mulch,” says George Frack, Jr. |
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ALL IN THE FAMILY TWO GENERATIONS OF MULCH PRODUCERS Molly Farrell A daughter builds her own niche in the Michigan mulch industry, adding a line of colored product. “It started out being 15 to 20 percent of our business, and it’s now more than 50 percent,” notes Tammera Bollman. |
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COMPOST OPERATORS CUSTOM COMPOSTER THRIVES ON MANURE Dave Block After solving its own manure management challenges, Idaho company now provides contract services to make and apply compost. |
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SERVING SUGAR BEET COMPANIES Firms plan to market composted tare dirt — beet leaves, roots and undersized beets — after tests show pathogen safety of final product. |
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COMPOST USERS EDUCATION KEY TO MARKETING FILTER BERMS Experience of Louisiana company is similar to that of others marketing compost and mulch berms for erosion control applications — education, education, education. |
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DEMONSTRATION PHASE NATIONAL BIOSOLIDS PARTNERSHIP EMS UPDATE Nora Goldstein Key documents of the Environmental Management System for biosolids have been completed in an interim form and are being “beta tested” by 27 wastewater treatment agencies. |
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RAISING THE BIOSOLIDS BAR DEVELOPING AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Michael D. Moore and Karen Ingrid Stearns A California sanitation district’s journey through the process of establishing an EMS for biosolids provides valuable insights, especially for agencies battling public acceptance challenges. |
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PREFERRED DISPOSAL OPTION COMPOSTING ANIMAL MORTALITIES David Elwell, Harold Keener and Steve Moeller Ohio State University faculty train farmers to use a process described as “above ground burial in a biofilter.” |
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VERSATILITY IN APPLICATIONS LIVE BOTTOM TRAILERS FIND NICHE IN ORGANICS RECYCLING Nora Goldstein Transporting greater volumes of material, and better mobility at sites with overhead wires and trees, are two advantages cited by users of trailers with moving floors. |
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INNOVATIVE COMPOSTING APPLICATIONS ... AND MORE The versatility of equipment used by organics recyclers is illustrated by how moving floor trailers work at facilities in South Carolina, Vermont and Idaho.. |
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RDF CONNECTION POWER COMPANY ACQUIRES COMPOSTING SITE Shelene Codner Minnesota utility subsidiary creates synergy by sending organic residuals from refuse derived fuel process to composting operations, which in turn sends noncompostables to RDF production. |
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RECYCLING VIEW HOME, SWEET (CONSPICUOUS) HOME Peter L, Grogan |
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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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