| ISSUE CONTENTS: NOVEMBER 2002 |
FACTORS CONVERGE TO ADVANCE GROCERY STORE COMPOSTING Nora Goldstein
The significant advantages of recycling the organic fraction of the supermarket waste stream came to light in 1991. Eleven years later, strategies and technologies are making that a reality. Part Ip22 |
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK CONSTRUCTS MSW COMPOSTER Larry Watson
Construction has begun on two buildings which will house the processing, postprocessing and curing/storage areas for composting more than 5,100 tons per year of organic feedstocks. p26 |
COOPERATIVE RECYCLING PROJECT ACHIEVES GOALS IN MONTANA
In 2001, close to 6,000 tons of recyclables were collected, saving communities almost $300,000 p27 |
LATEST TRENDS IN DECONSTRUCTION Marnie McPhee
Deconstruction is a very young industry in this country, but the momentum is four to five times greater than it was two years ago. p28 |
EXPANDING MARKETS FOR GROUND WOOD: VALUATING BIOMASS FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION Zia Haq
An analysis of what fraction of the many million tons of agricultural, forestry and urban residues available annually in the U.S. can be used to generate power. p33 |
ADVANCED BIOMASS GASIFICATION R&D PROJECTS
The U.S. Department of Energy has funded five new projects that involve a range of technologies using feedstocks such as corn stover, segregated municipal waste and clean wood residues. p36 |
GENERATING POWER FROM URBAN WOOD RESIDUALS
An 800 ton/day biomass power plant in St. Paul, Minnesota is scheduled for start-up by winter 2002-2003, with electricity output of 25 megawatts/day. p37 |
MULTIFAMILY ORGANICS SEPARATION PILOTS IN TORONTO Renee Dello
The city is testing a three-stream waste sort and deep collection containers that are 40 percent above ground and 60 percent five feet underground at two multifamily housing units. p39 |
SINGLE FAMILY ORGANICS COLLECTION
Phase I is servicing 70,000 households with three stream collection — weekly for organics, and alternating weeks for recyclables and trash. p40 |
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FACILITY STARTS UP
The Dufferin plant, designed to process 28,000 tons/year of residential and commercial organics, uses a wet mesophilic anaerobic digestion technology. p41 |
USING BIOFILTERS TO REDUCE AMMONIA EMISSIONS J.H. Hong, K.J. Park and W.C. Choi
Researchers analyze which biofilter media work best to control odors from manure composting operations. p43 |
IRRIGATION SYSTEM ACCELERATES PRODUCTION OF YARD TRIMMINGS COMPOST Nancy Koerting and Robert Rynk
A composting facility in Maryland has devised an innovative strategy to irrigate windrows that shortens the production cycle, enabling its operators to keep up with high demand for compost during the busy season. p44 |
COMPOST KEY TO WETLANDS RESTORATION AT SUPERFUND SITE
A New Hampshire composting company provided 20,000 cubic yards of yard trimmings compost to a nearby restoration project. p50 |
| BIOCYCLE ENERGY |
NEW FEDERAL INCENTIVES PROMOTE BIOPOWER AND BIOBASED PRODUCTS Jeremy Ames
The 2002 Farm Bill promotes biopower production, including methane digester technology, for manure management and government purchase of biobased products. p52 |
BIOENERGY COMES OF AGE ... AND THE TIMING IS PERFECT Jerome Goldstein
More companies, government officials and organics recyclers are now actively involved in making a reality of the biomass/energy potential.p54 |
RECOVERING BIOGAS AT A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT Tim Lockhart
Latest development at upstate New York facility uses microturbines to improve economics of renewable energy project. p59 |
MAKING BIOFUEL FROM CORN STOVER Steve Tally
Purdue University scientists develop process to convert fibrous materials such as stalks and cobs into nonpetroleum fuel. p62 |
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