July/August 2002 In Business Contents

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ISSUE CONTENTS: NOVEMBER 2003

SOURCE SEPARATED ORGANICS PILOTS IN THE TWIN CITIES
Dan Emerson
Five projects in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region used varied techniques to channel more organics in the waste stream to composting sites. p22

HOW PEOPLE SENSE, PERCEIVE AND REACT TO ODORS
Pamela Dalton
Odors, and the risks people associate with them, are major issues in composting and organics recycling programs. An olfactory scientist explains the physiology and psychology of human olfaction. p26

SOIL QUALITY FUNDAMENTALS — WATER AND AIR ESSENTIALS
Richard Stehouwer
How organic matter improves the soil’s ability to channel and store water and air, essential components to plants and microbes. Part II. p30

RAPID CITY CLOSES THE LOOP ON MSW MANAGEMENT
Nora Goldstein
The past decade has seen a steady progression in the building of an infrastructure to meet long-term solid waste and biosolids management needs. p34

PREVENTING FIRES IN GRINDING EQUIPMENT
Prevention measures — some learned the hard way — are straightforward to implement with good operator training and protocol. They range from daily maintenance like removing debris to dampening the area around the grinder and post-shutdown inspection. p41

ANALYZING WHAT’S RECYCLABLE IN C&D DEBRIS
Ken Sandler
Data compiled by EPA staff will help guide programs to recover the concrete, wood and drywall that comprise between 65 and 95 percent of the C&D waste stream. p51

FORUMS

ARRESTING CORROSION IN COMPOST STRUCTURES
Rhonda Sherman
Enclosing a composting system calls for buildings, materials and equipment that can stand up to a moist, corrosive environment. p45

BIOCYCLE ENERGY

ANAEROBIC DIGESTERS IN MANURE MANAGEMENT
Philip D. Lusk
Anaerobic digestion can play a valuable role in animal manure management — extracting energy, reducing air emissions and conserving nutrients. p55

FINANCIAL HELP FOR NEW DIGESTERS AND ETHANOL PLANTS
Josh Alban
Although future funds may be eliminated in 2004 budgets, this year’s federal grants are leading to more biomass conversion. p57

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2002

Vol. 24, No. 4

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		LOCAL LIVING ECONOMIES
	10	LOCAL LIVING ECONOMIES VS. THE SUICIDE ECONOMY David C. Korten The global corporate economy (aka “the suicide economy”) is destroying ecosystems, cultures, communities and people. Fortunately, there is an alternative.
	11	SMALL IS NOT DANGEROUS Byron Kennard
	13	NEW BUSINESS GROUP FORMS Judy Wicks and Laury Hammel
	15	HOW A FAMILY BUSINESS WORKS — AND SAVES THE LAND Jennifer Hattam California’s Straus Family Creamery became the first certified organic dairy in the West — and a model for neighboring farmers.
	16	GROWING COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE Michael Straus
	19	BUILDING FROM THE GROUND UP Linda Peterson Nancy Summers grows a successful operation through a tried-and-true formula — ingenuity, persistence and thoroughness as a businesswoman.

	21	GREEN ROOTS THE PERFECT COVER FOR GREEN BUILDINGS Jeff Olawski New companies are in the business of green roofs, which provide insulation, reduce energy use and clean up rainfall runoff.
	23	CAREER CHANGE ... INDEED! FROM PROFESSOR TO WORM FARMER Rhonda Sherman Since Scott Subler left Ohio State University, his company has set a world’s record for selling worm castings and has packaged a line of compost tea bags..
	25	SAVING DOLLARS AND ENERGY A GREAT WAY TO AVOI (ED BUYING A SECONDVEN A FIRST) CAR Companies offer car sharing services in places like Seattle, Portland, Boston, San Francisco Bay area and Washington, DC.
	26	TRUCK DRIVERS GET HELP NEW FIRM PREVENTS POLLUTION WHEN SLEEPING Lana R. Batts Three-year-old Tennessee company comes up with a simple system that could eventually save over four billion gallons of fuel annually.
	28	HOMELAND RENEWABLE ENERGY “MA AND PA” COMPANY COMPETES WITH FOREIGN OIL Trond and Suzanne Grenager Twenty years ago, a Pennsylvania couple founded Landfill Methane Recovery, Inc. to turn “garbage gas” into electrical power. Here’s what happened.

	31	GREEN MARKETING Jacquelyn A. Ottman A "Cool" Strategy To Stop Global Warming And Corporate Abuses

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