LANDFILLS EXPAND ENERGY OUTPUT

BioCycle August 2005, Vol. 46, No. 8, p. 48

More than 380 U.S. landfills are now supplying methane - generating 9 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually.

Jennifer Weeks

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RESIDENTIAL ORGANICS COLLECTION OPTIONS

BioCycle August 2005, Vol. 46, No. 8, p. 28

A suburb in Minnesota's Twin Cities builds on its successful pilot program to add food residuals and nonrecyclable paper to its weekly curbside collection.

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RESEARCH PROJECTS ADD VALUE TO MSW COMPOSTING FACILITY

BioCycle August 2005, Vol. 46, No. 8, p. 36

By combining upfront separation for recyclables with intensive composting of MSW and biosolids, Florida's Sumter County and FORCE teach much about solid waste management.

Miriam Zimms

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VERMICOMPOSTING GETS HIGH MARKS IN THE TROPICS (Philippines)

BioCycle August 2005, Vol. 46, No. 8, p. 60

Research trials at Central Luzon State University and field experiments on farms show increased yields from applications of vermicompost.

Rafael D. Guerrero III

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A SIMPLE BIN DESIGN FOR MANAGING FOOD RESIDUALS (NIGERIA)

BioCycle August 2005, Vol. 46, No. 8, p. 59

To make recycling more effective, Ibadan officials design a household food waste collection drum with ability to turn materials for efficient composting.

A.O. Coker, M. K. C. Sridhar and J. O. Akinyele

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SHIFTING RULES ON COMPOSTING SITE EXEMPTIONS (United Kingdom)

BioCycle August 2005, Vol. 46, No. 8, p. 56

Changes made 12 hours before July 1 deadline without consultation undermine confidence in the UK's regulatory process.

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OREGON BIOPOWER PROGRAM OFF TO STRONG START

BioCycle August 2005, Vol. 46, No. 8, p. 55

Lumber mills, wastewater treatment facilities, dairies and landfills are some entities offering proposed projects in response to Energy Trust's renewable energy outreach.

Susan Jowaiszas

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DIGESTER PROVIDES POWER AND COW COMFORT

BioCycle August 2005, Vol. 46, No. 8, p. 47

Anaerobic systems on Illinois dairy farm supplies renewable electricity, crop nutrients and bedding replacement that improves milk quality.

Melissa Dvorak

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MULCHING MORE, WATERING LESS

BioCycle August 2005, Vol. 46, No. 8, p. 39

Washington state survey provides useful information when it comes to getting consumers to use recycled organics for best results.

Peter Erickson and Liz Fikejs

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BIOREMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED SOILS

BioCycle August 2005, Vol. 46, No. 8, p. 35

Engineered by researchers to have their own detergents to strip harmful chemicals from soil, transgenic plants will soon be used in field trials.

Pat Hemminger

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CLEANING UP CONTAMINANTS WITH PLANTS

BioCycle August 2005, Vol. 46, No. 8, p. 30

Purdue University researchers develop new approaches to use phytoremediation to degrade hydrocarbons and decontaminate dredged sediments.

Jennifer Cutraro

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AIRPORT ECONOMIZES ON FOOD RESIDUALS COLLECTION COSTS

BioCycle August 2005, Vol. 46, No. 8, p. 24

To lower hauling costs for its food residuals diversion program at the airport, the Port of Portland in Oregon has formed a collection partnership with four nearby businesses - two hotels and two flight kitchens.

Paul Rosenbloom and Sheryl Bunn

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MEMORIES OF MARY APPELHOF 1936-2005

BioCycle August 2005, Vol. 46, No. 8, p. 22

Words of recollection and warmth show great fondness of the many who had the privilege of knowing Mary Appelhof, earthworm educator.

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Regional Roundup

BioCycle August 2005, Vol. 46, No. 8, p. 18

Charlotte, North Carolina
SUBSIDIZING RENEWABLE ENERGY
PROJECTS TO SOLVE WASTE DISPOSAL PROBLEMS
A nonprofit organization called N.C. Green Power promotes clean energy in North Carolina, paying for anaerobic digestion equipment and solar and hydroelectric units. This year, N.C. Green Power will help fund two plants to run generators powered by methane gas at the Wayne County Landfill and Smithfield

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BioCycle World

BioCycle August 2005, Vol. 46, No. 8, p. 6

BRITISH SURVEY REPORTS COMPOST GROWTH
POTENTIAL AND DEVELOPING MARKETS
According to the June 2005 Warmer Bulletin, a survey by Arthur D. Little, sheds light on markets for green waste compost, predicting that the highest growth in demand for organic matter products over the next three years will continue to be for green waste compost.” Users also predict that demand for all organic matter products will increase, with the exception of peat and peat-based products. The Warmer Bulletin (www. residua.com) also notes that total UK demand for green waste compost is estimated at

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POTENTIAL OF POWER, POWER OF POTENTIAL

BioCycle August 2005, Vol. 46, No. 8, p. 4

SEVERAL weeks ago, I had an opportunity to tour two organics processing facilities using anaerobic digestion to manage municipal solid waste. To our knowledge, these are the only two full-scale facilities in North America managing a municipal waste stream with anaerobic digestion (AD) technology. Both facilities, one in the city of Toronto and the other in nearby Newmarket, Ontario, receive residential source separated organics (SSO) collected curbside. (An article on these projects starts on page 42 of this issue.)

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