COMPOSTING SOURCE SEPARATED ORGANICS - 25 TOP LESSONS LEARNED

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Knowledge gained by talking to, and writing about, individuals who have been through the hard-knock school of composting yields valuable lessons.

CONTROLLING ODORS AT COMPOSTING FACILITIES

BioCycle May 2005, Vol. 46, No. 5, p. 22

Experiences of facility managers and site operators provide insights into preventing odors from interfering with production of quality compost.

Jerome Goldstein and Nora Goldstein

FOOD RESIDUALS RECYCLING IN THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED STATE

BioCycle May 2005, Vol. 46, No. 5, p. 26

With funding from the state Department of Environmental Protection, the Solid Waste Policy Group at Rutgers University identifies what it takes to develop a significant support system.

Priscilla Hayes

LOWERING COSTS OF PRODUCING BIODIESEL

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New method developed by Agricultural Research Service simplifies process by eliminating an expensive step in synthesizing the fuel.

SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF MANAGING LIQUID MANURE

BioCycle May 2005, Vol. 46, No. 5, p. 65

In Iowa, the MaxYield Cooperative develops methods to digest and compost excess manure by aggregating waste from 80,000 or more hogs near the proposed facility.

John Norwood

MAKING CLAIMS WITH YOUR COMPOST PRODUCT - LEGALLY!

BioCycle May 2005, Vol. 46, No. 5, p. 63

Significant progress was made at the meeting of the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials with regard to regulation of compost products.

Ron Alexander

A COMPOST SCREENING PRIMER

BioCycle May 2005, Vol. 46, No. 5, p. 55

The most common screening units in use at composting sites are deck / flat, disc, grizzly, orbital, star and trommel screens. More recently, facilities are adding an air separation step to remove film plastic.

George Savage, Luis Diaz and Nora Goldstein

COMPOSTING HELPS MANAGE AVIAN BIRD FLU OUTBREAK

BioCycle May 2005, Vol. 46, No. 5, p. 50

When a bird flu infected poultry populations in a region of British Columbia, composting was selected as one of the carcass and manure management options.

Molly Farrell

ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY WIN IN NOVA SCOTIA

BioCycle May 2005, Vol. 46, No. 5, p. 48

A lifecycle analysis of Nova Scotia's groundbreaking solid waste diversion program initiatives produces a net savings to the province.

Barry Friesen

ENTERING THE NEXT PHASE IN ONTARIO

BioCycle May 2005, Vol. 46, No. 5, p. 43

Article analyzes how many households have access to collection programs, systems now in use, their costs - and what is needed to aggressively move forward.

Dan Lantz and Bronwen Smith

QUEBEC PREPARES FOR ORGANICS DIVERSION

BioCycle May 2005, Vol. 46, No. 5, p. 41

With a 60 percent mandate by 2008 that includes organics, Quebec has laid the groundwork to expand on the 865,000 metric tons being composted annually at 38 facilities.

Paul van der Werf

PRODUCT QUALITY INITIATIVE BUILDS COMPOST MARKETS

BioCycle May 2005, Vol. 46, No. 5, p. 40

The new Compost Quality Alliance involves standardized product testing methodologies and use of a logo on product bags and sales literature.

Danielle Buklis

COMPOST QUALITY STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES IN CANADA

ioCycle May 2005, Vol. 46, No. 5, p. 36

Voluntary standards and guidelines for compost were updated recently. The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment is reviewing the changes to determine if revisions should be made to its regulations.

Susan Antler and Danielle Buklis

REGIONAL ROUNDUP

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Madison, Wisconsin
POWER OPTIONS TO BE PRESENTED
AT RENEWABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE
From system sizing and solids separation for anaerobic digesters to realistic visions for a bioenergy-based future, the BioCycle Fifth Annual Conference on RENEWABLE ENERGY FROM ORGANICS RECYCLING will present complete coverage. The sessions will be held Sept. 12-14, 2005 in Madison, Wisconsin. As

BIOCYCLE WORLD

BioCycle May 2005, Vol. 46, No. 5, p. 6

PURDUE UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS USE
PLANTS TO CLEAN UP CONTAMINANTS IN SOILS
Paul Schwab and Kathy Banks, Purdue University agronomy and civil engineering professors, are experts in reme- diating field sites contaminated with
organic compounds such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs -by-products

EDITORIAL

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MARY APPELHOF, EARTHWORM EDUCATOR

LIKE MANY PEOPLE all over the United States,” wrote Jack Chambers of Sonoma Valley Worm Farm in California in a BioCycle article three years ago, “I first learned about earthworms and vermicomposting from Mary Appelhof of Flowerfield Enterprises, who wrote the book, Worms Eat My Garbage, in 1982. I was intrigued. The thought that worms could eat half their weight every day was simply amazing.”