| ISSUE CONTENTS: APRIL 2003 |
| WASTES TO RESOURCES IN THE ROCKIES |
MAXIMIZING REVENUE STREAMS AT COMPOSTING FACILITIES
Karen Wilson-Johnson
Twenty-five years of composting materials like manure, brewery residuals and municipal yard trimmings give Colorado’s A1 Organics great insights into the organics recycling business. p22 |
HIGH ALTITUDE COMPOSTING AT A SKI RESORT Dylan Hoffman
In-vessel system used for restaurant food preparation residuals provides organics recycling solution in alpine setting. p26 |
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PHASE II STORM WATER RULE IN EFFECT
Smaller communities and construction sites that are one to under five acres must have an NPDES permit to address storm water runoff. p30 |
COMPOST PRICING AND MARKET SURVEY IN GEORGIA
Britt Faucette, Jason Governo and Bryan Graffagnini
Statewide survey provides data on quantities of compost generated, feedstocks used and prices paid for bulk and bagged products. p32 |
USING COMPOST ON CONTAMINATED MINELAND SITES
Shelly Codner
Projects in Missouri to recover abandoned lands and minimize negative impacts of acid mine drainage make good use of organic amendments. p34 |
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| WOOD PROCESSING IN CRISIS MODE |
GRINDING AND DISTRIBUTION PLANS MANAGING WOODY DEBRIS AFTER THE STORM
Dan Emerson
Solid waste officials throughout the United States take steps to prepare for “returning communities to normal” by making processing arrangements with contractors before storms hit.
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CONTRACT GRINDERS MEET STORM CLEANUP DEMANDS
Dan Emerson
Storm debris cleanup has been a rapidly growing, cottage industry as local and state governments opt to hire private contractors to process the woody residuals.
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MEET THE BEETLES Robert Rynk
Infestations of foreign insects give rise to extraordinary measures for handling yard trimmings and wood residuals.
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BATTLE OF THE EMERALD ASH BORER
Exotic beetle leads to rapid tree death, more quarantines and processing challenges and opportunities for wood residuals. |
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| BIOSOLIDS MANAGEMENT TRENDS |
REDUCING ODOR IMPACTS AT LAND APPLICATION SITES
Robert Rynk and Nora Goldstein
Common sense management is the best defense against odor impacts at the land application site. The real ability to control odors in biosolids is at the wastewater treatment plant itself. p54 |
A CORPORATE LOOK AT RESIDUALS MANAGEMENT
CEO of a publicly-held national company in the water and wastewater industry offers his perspectives on biosolids and manure management realities and trends. p60 |
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| 2003 BIOCYCLE EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS DIRECTORY |
15 TRENDS IN COMPOSTING AND ORGANICS RECYCLING AND THEIR EQUIPMENT IMPLICATIONS
Jerome Goldstein, Robert Rynk and Nora Goldstein
BioCycle editors step back to consider current trends
and the impact they will have on the industry. p64 |
BIOCYCLE DIRECTORY
Products and services for the composting and organics recycling industry. p67 |
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| BIOCYCLE ENERGY |
AROUND THE WORLD WITH ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
Jerome Goldstein
Operating projects steadily supply reliable data on feedstocks, systems, energy output, economics and the increasing relevance of AD systems to solid waste recovery. |
$21 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR GRANTS IN BIOMASS R&D
Higher priority areas for awards include animal waste management, better ways to connect to the power grid, and improved marketability for biobased products. |
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| BIOCYCLE INTERNATIONAL |
FROM COW DUNG TO ORGANIC FERTILIZER
Karsten Runge
Integrated facility in northeastern Spain fattens 13,500 cattle, produces feed, operates slaughterhouse, and composts 90,000 cubic meters per year. p83 |
FROM LANDFILL TO RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PARK
Jeff Green
A wave of change is sweeping through Australia, illustrated by a city’s decision to implement a waste reduction vision that stresses maximum processing — such as shredding/composting organics residuals, recovering green energy. p84 |
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issue also features departments such as: BioCycle
World, Reader's Q&A, Regional Roundup,
Abstracts and Industry News. |
