January 2002 BioCycle Contents



JANUARY 2002
Vol. 43, No. 1

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23 PUBLIC/PRIVATE INITIATIVES
SAN JOSE SETS DIVERSION SIGHTS HIGHER
Amy Satkofsky
The city of close to one million has already exceeded its 50 percent recycling rate as it prepares to launch a new organics curbside collection program in 2002.
 
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LIVELY PARTICIPATION
ORGANICS CART PROGRAM CUTS WASTE FLOW BY 35 PERCENT
Kirstin Castro-Wunsch and Carl Wu
Canadian community successfully establishes two-stream curbside collection that sends mix of yard trimmings and food residuals to commercial composting site.
29 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
QUICK-TO-IMPLEMENT ODOR REDUCTION TECHNIQUES
Nora Goldstein
A round-up of odor management tools, concepts and ongoing research gives operators ready-to-use strategies.
  31 LESS IRRIGATION, BETTER PRICES
TEXAS FARM COMPOSTS FOR PRODUCTION
Robert Rynk
“In 1983, I was ready to give up agriculture,” says organic citrus grower Dennis Holbrook. “I was farming by the calendar and it wasn’t fun. Now it is personally more stimulating.”
  34 MEETING SPECIFICATIONS
HIGH QUALITY MULCH FINDS EROSION CONTROL NICHE
Processors of wood residuals are finding it profitable to tap into highway and stormwater applications for mulch products.
37 REDUCING FLAMMABLE BRUSH
OREGON COMPOSTING PROJECT SERVES MULTIPLE PURPOSES
Molly Farrell
Preventing wild fires and improving air quality were some of the motivating forces to get a collaborative program underway in the Deschutes National Forest.
  41 WORKING TOWARD ZERO WASTE
RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING AT THE WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
John C. Madole, Kevin G. Nall and Carolyn LaFleur
The contract between the Salt Lake Olympic Committee and Green Valley Recycling & Compost has a guarantee of 85 percent recovery of all waste generated.
  43 RENEWABLE ENERGY PLUS
OPTIMIZING MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR SOLID WASTES
Kay Martin
Biomass materials represent the basis for current success in recycling — and the greatest potential for future landfill diversion. Part I
   
    FORUMS
  47 COMPOST OPERATORS
CHOOSING BULKING AGENTS FOR WINDROW COMPOSTING
Daryl McCartney and Grant Eftoda
Researchers at the University of Manitoba develop a bench-scale model called a biocell to balance feedstocks and free air space.
  49 COMPOST USERS
BIOSOLIDS COMPOST UTILIZATION AT DISNEY WORLD
D. Kent, A. Paulin, J. Hubbard, D. Halcrow and P. Kalogridis
Composting restarted at Disney World in 1999 and improved product quality has led to use of the compost by the entertainment park’s horticultural operations.
   
    GREEN POWER FROM WASTES
  53 CLASS A BIOSOLIDS STATUS
LOS ANGELES DIGESTERS PRODUCE ENERGY FROM AIRPORT FOOD RESIDUALS
Gerald Hernandez, Kenneth Redd, Wendy Wert, An Min Liu and Tim Haug
Successful pilot project at the Hyperion Treatment Plant leads to next phase to prove the concept of generating biogas from the the LA Airport’s 17,000 tons/year of food residuals.
  56 ANAEROBIC DIGESTION TECHNOLOGY
BIOGASIFICATION OF ORGANIC SOLID WASTES
Ruihong Zhang
Developed at the University of California-Davis, new AD system will be used commercially at a 1,900-head thoroughbred horse training farm in Florida — turning 80 tpd of stable wastes and food residuals into biogas and soil amendment.
  60 FUNDING FOR RENEWABLES
NEW YORK FARMS DIGEST THEIR WAY TO ENERGY AND PROFITS
With assistance from the state’s Energy Research and Development Authority, many projects are using innovative systems to produce biogas and compost, while controlling odors.
   
  63 TACKLING THE COMMERCIAL STREAM
SETTING A CAP ON BUSINESS WASTE
Katie Kaluzynski
State organizations known as WasteCaps help business owners and managers improve recycling performance — with confidence.
  66 MONITORING PERFORMANCE
FULFILLING POTENTIAL OF ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT
A.R. Rubin
A permanent part of the local wastewater infrastructure, on-site systems require careful attention to management methods described in this report.
   
     
    Each issue also features departments such as: BioCycle World, Reader's Q&A, Regional Roundup, Abstracts and Industry News.


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