THE NEXT FRONTIER FOR MSW

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Source reduction and recycling manufactured product waste has failed, while organics recycling has met with success. Analyzing community benefits in phasing out welfare for product discards.

Helen Spiegelman and Bill Sheehan

HOW OREGON IS USING BIOMASS ENERGY

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Using varied forms of government financing, programs are in development to turn by-products into energy.

Mark Kendall

COMPOSTING CAFETERIA RESIDUALS WITH EARTHWORMS (New Zealand)

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At the HortResearch Institute in Palmerston North, a vermicomposting system has been set up to manage food scraps for staff.

Tessa Mills

EXPANDING COMPOST MARKETS IN THE GLASGOW AND CLYDE VALLEY REGIONS (Scotland)

BioCycle February 2006, Vol. 47, No. 2, p. 51

Survey data reinforces need for composters in Scotland and the United Kingdom to aggressively educate prospects on replacing conventional products now being applied.

Ron Alexander

BIOMASS INVENTORY AND BIOENERGY ASSESSMENT

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Washington study shows that the state produces over 16.9 million tons of underutilized biomass that can generate over 15.5 billion kWh of electrical energy.

Craig Frear and Mark Fuchs

VERMICULTURE PRODUCES EQ CLASS A BIOSOLIDS AT WASTEWATER PLANT

BioCycle February 2006, Vol. 47, No. 2, p. 42

A central Pennsylvania facility has become the first in the United States to receive a permit to make and use biosolids from a process-controlled vermiculture system.

Larry Craig and Shaun Ankers

GREEN ROOF STORM WATER MODELING

BioCycle February 2006, Vol. 47, No. 2, p. 38

The impact of green roofs on mitigating urban storm water runoff for individual buildings or designated drainage basins can be evaluated using modeling system.

Leslie Hoffman

OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS AND ECONOMICS OF COMMERCIAL ORGANICS DIVERSION

BioCycle February 2006, Vol. 47, No. 2, p. 33

This article series presents a “cost of service” framework for analyzing the economics of commercial organics diversion, incorporating the perspectives of store and chain management, composters, and haulers. Part I

John F. Connolly

STORM WATER TREATMENT OPTIONS AT COMPOSTING FACILITIES

BioCycle February 2006, Vol. 47, No. 2, p. 23

Washington State composting company finds most effective strategy is to capture and treat leachate separately from storm water, thus reducing contaminants and solids in the storm water to be treated.

Jerry Bartlett

IT'S OFFICIAL! COMPOST TOOLS ON EPA LIST AS STORM WATER BMPS

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Last month, we reported that EPA's storm water office was about to include compost blankets, filter berms and filter socks as best management practices for storm water management. In late January, it became official. Part II

Nora Goldstein

REGIONAL ROUNDUP

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New York, New York
CHEFS HARVEST A GREEN ROOF
Earth Pledge is a nonprofit organization in New York City that identifies and promotes innovative techniques and technologies to restore the balance between human and natural systems. Among its programs is the Farm to Table Initiative, which educates the public about food and agriculture issues,

BIOCYCLE WORLD

BioCycle February 2006, Vol. 47, No. 2, p. 6

MARCH BIOCYCLE CONFERENCE TO HIGHLIGHT SUCCESS STORIES, OPPORTUNITIES - AND AN INSIDE LOOK AT A SUSTAINABLE CITY
The 22nd Annual BioCycle West Coast Conference - March 20-22, 2006 in Portland, Oregon - is perhaps the most cutting edge event in the world of composting, organics recycling and the renewable energy connections. The conference agenda reflects the critical role that people and companies

EDITORIAL

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ECOROOFS ABOVE AND BIOENERGY AT THE PUMP