EXPANDING MARKETS WITH BAGGED PRODUCTS

BioCycle March 2006, Vol. 47, No. 3, p. 58

When evaluating a move into bagging compost, mulch and blends, production volumes, distribution markets, automation and diversity of bag sizes all need to be considered.

Nora Goldstein

NEIGHBOR-FRIENDLY ODOR MANAGEMENT

BioCycle March 2006, Vol. 47, No. 3, p. 43

Critical ingredients include understanding human response to odors, opting for public relationships and not PR in interactions, characterizing and monitoring odors generated, and using third party oversight of organics recycling activities.

Nora Goldstein

HIDDEN LIVES AND TRUE REFLECTIONS

BioCycle March 2006, Vol. 47, No. 3, p. 70

Recycling View

Neil Seldman

CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES, RECYCLING AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

BioCycle March 2006, Vol. 47, No. 3, p. 65

With the state's recycling rate at over 50 percent but landfilled waste still high, California debates best ways to convert organic residuals into sustainable power - and get support of environmental opponents.

Paul Relis

TRANSFORMING WASTEWATER INTO ELECTRICITY AND HEAT

BioCycle March 2006, Vol. 47, No. 3, p. 62

Anaerobic digester installed by food processing cooperative is operating beyond expectations, while wastewater strength is reduced 70 to 80 percent.

Molly Farrell Tucker

DUST MANAGEMENT, MITIGATION AT COMPOSTING FACILITIES

BioCycle March 2006, Vol. 47, No. 3, p. 55

Dust can have a significant impact on working conditions, equipment maintenance, fire hazards - and odor. Here are some steps to minimize the impacts.

Robert Spencer and Charles M. Alix

HOW A LAND USE AGENCY INCREASES COMPOST APPLICATIONS

BioCycle March 2006, Vol. 47, No. 3, p. 53

A Mecklenburg County office in Charlotte, North Carolina reaches out in many ways to get more residents active in composting and compost use.

Ann Gill

C&D MANAGEMENT FACILITY UPGRADE

BioCycle March 2006, Vol. 47, No. 3, p. 50

Operation in Portland, Maine has strategies to increase diversion of recovered C&D, including wood that is ground for boiler fuel.

Bob Brickner

ECONOMICS OF SUPERMARKET ORGANICS DIVERSION

BioCycle March 2006, Vol. 47, No. 3, p. 30

Toter washing, use of standard vs. compostable bag liners, and calculating hauling and tip fees are among the operational and economic considerations discussed in this second of a two-part series.
Part II

John F. Connolly

FOOD LOSS AND THE AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD

BioCycle March 2006, Vol. 47, No. 3, p. 28

Education is long-term solution to household food loss and also could aid in reducing obesity, slowing a massive dollar drain on the American economy.

Timothy W. Jones

DIVERTING FOOD RESIDUALS INTO POWER IN SACRAMENTO

BioCycle March 2006, Vol. 47, No. 3, p. 26

The Municipal Utility District's “Leftovers to Lights” program advances to achieve its Renewable Portfolio Standard of 23 percent by 2011.

Ruth MacDougall

SUPERSIZED INDOOR COMPOSTING FACILITY

BioCycle March 2006, Vol. 47, No. 3, p. 22

As biosolids management is forced to change in Southern California, new solution creates a regional operation that can handle 150,000 tons/year of biosolids in a fully enclosed composting facility using an existing building.

C. Alix, M. Hoover, M. Sullivan, J. Gundlach and F. Soroushian

REGIONAL ROUNDUP

BioCycle March 2006, Vol. 47, No. 3, p. 14

San Francisco, California
SUPERVISORS SUPPORT REQUIRING MANUFACTURERS
TO RECYCLE PRODUCTS
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on February 14 to pass a resolution that supports statewide legislation and local initiatives requiring manufacturers to take responsibility for collecting and recycling their products at the end of their useful life. Says Bill Sheehan, director of the Product Policy Institute based in Athens, Georgia: “This is the strongest statement yet from a local

BIOCYCLE WORLD

BioCycle March 2006, Vol. 47, No. 3, p. 6

TEN MARKETS ANALYZED FOR COMPOST USE IN
HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY
Horticultural researchers at Illinois State University, University of Illinois and Texas State University evaluated 10 markets “that have the greatest potential interest in compost.” The focus of their research was to determine and evaluate potential paying markets for compost using Illinois as a model by mailing 2,275 surveys to horticultural trade association members.

EDITORIAL

BioCycle March 2006, Vol. 47, No. 3, p. 3

CAMARADERIE IN COMPOSTING

EVER SINCE we started this publication in the 1960s, we have witnessed the good will and lighthearted rapport that are so abundant in the comradeship that goes into organics recycling. Activists in the composting field have told us for years how different the attitude and spirit are than in other then-growing industries like computer science and electronics.