ORGANICS DIVERSION - WITH COMPOST MARKETS IN MIND

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California Integrated Waste Management Board collaborates with local agencies, universities and the composting community to increase demand for quality compost.

Ava DeLara

TRANSPORTING ORGANICS - RAW FEEDSTOCKS TO FINISHED PRODUCTS

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Facility operators find that transport trailers with moving floors are the most versatile when handling a wide range of feedstocks and end products.

Nora Goldstein

COMPOST USE FOR EROSION CONTROL IN CALIFORNIA

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Department of Transportation specifications and university research showing positive performance expand use of compost on highway projects.

Karin Grobe

ENERGY RECOVERY FROM BIOSOLIDS TREATMENT

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Wastewater treatment plant methane is an untapped source of green electricity with only two percent participation of plants using anaerobic digestion.

Wilson Rickerson

CLOSING THE LOOP ON ANAEROBIC DIGESTION

BioCycle April 2006, Vol. 47, No. 4, p. 66

Developed at Rutgers University with Bioscan, a Danish firm, the technology separates organics into usable components. A 10 megawatt facility is being constructed in Belmont, Wisconsin.

Cindy Rovins

COMPOSTING SEAFOOD WASTE BY WINDROW AND IN-VESSEL METHODS (UNITED KINGDOM)

BioCycle April 2006, Vol. 47, No. 4, p. 70

British trials determine safety and practicality of seafood by-product composting, plus how biological treatment relates to marketability of finished material.

Michaela Archer and David Baldwin

WET SEPARATION, FERMENTATION FOR BIOWASTE (AUSTRIA)

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Investment in the biowaste sector is increasing, prompted by legislative drivers and
a growing interest in energy recovery and treated by-products.

Joachim Hirtenfellner

REGIONAL ROUNDUP

BioCycle April 2006, Vol. 47, No. 4, p. 14

CAMARADERIE IN COMPOSTING

Boston, Massachusetts
MASSACHUSETTS DEP OFFERS COMPOSTING
ASSISTANCE TO SUPERMARKETS
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection announces its completion of the Supermarket Recycling webpage at: www.mass.gov/dep/recycle/ supermkt.htm. If your store is applying for Supermarket Recycling Program Certification, all forms are now available, reports Julia Wolfe,

BIOCYCLE WORLD

BioCycle April 2006, Vol. 47, No. 4, p. 6

ENERGY SAVINGS CALCULATED FROM
CONVENTIONAL RECYCLING
In an e-mail to BioCycle, David Allaway - Solid Waste Policy & Program Development with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) - writes that his office conducts an annual material recovery survey which estimates the quantity of materials recycled, composted and burned for energy (when statute allows it to be counted towards the state recovery rate). “We released the 2004 results

EDITORIAL

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REMEMBRANCES OF GARBAGE PAST