10 LESSONS FROM 10 YEARS OF FOOD RESIDUALS DIVERSION PLANNING

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A solid waste planner in Portland, Oregon shares 10 years of experiences in launching a full-scale project.

Jennifer Erickson

COLLEGE COMPOSTING PROGRAM MATURES

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To meet the need for quality compost, Berea College now processes 35 tons of food residuals each year, providing jobs for students and nutrients for crops.

Sean Clark and Michel Cavigelli

CONVERSION FACILITY CHOSEN FOR PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA

BioCycle July 2005, Vol. 46, No. 7, p. 63

Committee rates responses to RFQ, which covered landfill diversion and renewable energy by-products, before selecting an “in-vessel” anaerobic digestion process that is expected to be permitted by fall 2005.

Gary Hater, Roger Green and Frank Orlett

Recycling View

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WHY NOT HERE? A SIMPLE QUESTION FOR CORPORATE AMERICA
Neil Seldman

BUILDING AN ENERGY ECONOMY ON BIODIESEL

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New book explains why biodiesel is preferable to petrodiesel, how feedstock costs could be reduced, and why it can reach up to 25 percent of U.S. diesel consumption.

Jennifer Weeks

DIVING INTO COMPOST TEA

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A great potential exists for compost tea science - requiring cooperation between scientists, industry and observant users of all stripes.

Lynne Carpenter-Boggs

COMPOST TEA IN CENTRAL PARK: AN UPDATE

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With a long-term goal of avoiding pesticides, compost tea is used as a tool to keep plants healthy - allowing over 5,000 baseball games to be played from spring to fall and ornamentals to bloom in the gardens.

Matthew Brown

AGITATED BED COMPOSTING: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE

BioCycle July 2005, Vol. 46, No. 7, p. 52

Survival of agitated bed systems is not only based on the number constructed, but also because early in the development of the new technology, design errors did not prevent these facilities from continuing to function.

Lewis M. Naylor and Geoffrey Kuter

VARIETY IS SPICE OF IN-VESSEL LIFE

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From the very large to the very small, from the very horizontal to the very tall, there are in-vessel composting units to meet the varied needs of composting operations.

Luis Diaz, George Savage and Alessandro Chiumenti

COMPOSTING TAKES ROOT AT BOSTON HYATT REGENCY

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With strong leadership and commitment, hotel cuts disposal costs in half, trains staff in separation methods and becomes model for other programs.

Jennifer Weeks

THE CORNER ON FOOD LOSS

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We need to understand what food is, why the loss rate surpasses $90 billion per year, and what needs to be done to stop this significant negative impact on the national economy.

Timothy W. Jones

WOOD RECYCLERS RESPOND TO BEETLE INFESTATION

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About 15 million of Michigan's 700 million ash trees have died due to beetle damage, and the infested forests have been found in parts of Indiana, Ohio and Ontario. Wood processors have been converting trees into chips and lumber.

Dan Emerson

Regional Roundup

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Seattle, Washington
CITY REACHES HALF-WAY POINT IN DISTRIBUTION OF 45,000
YARD TRIMMINGS/ F00D RESIDUALS CARTS
By mid-June, Seattle had distributed 45,000 of the planned 90,000 carts to be used for food scraps, food-soiled paper and yard trimmings, reported the Seattle Times. The city is distributing the 96-gallon

BioCycle World

BioCycle July 2005, Vol. 46, No. 7, p. 6

DIGESTERS, BIOMASS PROJECTS, MARKETS TO BE
FEATURED AT SEPTEMBER BIOCYCLE ENERGY CONFERENCE
From tours of a Wisconsin dairy showcasing aboveground tanks and improved generators, a new 40-million gallon/year ethanol facility and a landfill biogas-to-electricity plant that includes a composting project ... plus 50 technical sessions on advanced biomass conversion and marketing or renewables, the Septembe

Editorial

BioCycle July 2005, Vol. 46, No. 7, p. 4

WANTED: LANDFILL BAN ON FOOD RESIDUALS

WHAT was accomplished when almost half the states in the U.S. banned leaves, grass clippings and limbs from being landfilled can work similar “miracles” for banana peels, egg shells, soiled paper and other “kitchen/commercial organics.” Think of it! The stream starts ... and stops here for composting ... for