TRACKING TRENDS IN C&D DEBRIS RECYCLING

BioCycle July 2006, Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 19

A veteran of the C&D recycling industry talks about evolution in programs and processing equipment, public policies and regulations, and trends in facility design.

BIOMASS FACILITY USES ENERGY CROPS, WOOD AND AG BY-PRODUCTS

BioCycle July 2006, Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 51

Alternative power source will cycle $16 million per year through the Minnesota economy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and soil erosion.

ENERGY SAVINGS AND ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF SMALLER PROJECTS

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Project at a Washington state food processing plant generates steam, primarily for heating wastewater, that saves thousands of dollars in fuel annually.

Christopher J. Snider and Pat Worthington

POTENTIAL BIOMASS PRODUCTION FROM RECYCLED WASTEWATER

BioCycle July 2006, Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 46

Knowing that natural resources are finite but population will continue to grow, we need to develop mechanisms
of water reuse technology in every facet of life. Here are lessons to achieve that goal.

Clifford B. Fedler

ACCELERATING COMMERCIALIZATION OF RENEWABLE HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGIES

BioCycle July 2006, Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 41

Minnesota lays the groundwork for a renewable hydrogen industry ready to sell to other markets as demand materializes.

Linda Limback

RAPID ODOR TREATMENT OPTIONS

BioCycle July 2006, Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 35

Treating odors “on the spot” - topically, misting into air and in drains and collection carts - is a critical survival strategy for compost facilities.

Nora Goldstein

WHAT TO DO ABOUT FOOD LOSS?

BioCycle July 2006, Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 32

Final article in series calls for creation of a national center to address food and systemic food loss as a public policy issue.

Timothy W. Jones

PROCESSOR CREATES MULTIMARKETS FOR THE ORGANICS STREAM

BioCycle July 2006, Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 28

Enterprising California company provides municipalities and tree trimmers with processing services, and farmers, homeowners, landscapers and biomass plants with products.

Josh Wachtel

REGIONAL ROUNDUP

BioCycle July 2006, Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 14

San Francisco, California
“FOOD TO FLOWERS!” SCHOOL PROGRAM ADDS COMPOSTABLE PLASTIC BAGS
Sixty-five San Francisco schools participate in “Food to Flowers,” diverting an estimated 500 tons of organic residuals each school year - including food scraps, napkins, milk cartons and now compostable bags. “The goal is to get all of the city's 260 schools participating,” explains Becky Wike, Environmental Education Coordinator.

BIOCYCLE WORLD

BioCycle July 2006, Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 6

PAY AS YOU THROW SUCCESS STORIES AROUND THE WORLD
“Proving the adage that a great idea knows no boundaries, the Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) concept is now taking wing internationally,” notes the latest PAYT bulletin from the U.S. EPA (www.epa.gov/payt). Pay-as-you-throw is designed to encourage recycling, composting and source reduction by having residential trash collection rates based on the volume of garbage thrown away - the more diverted, the

EDITORIAL

BioCycle July 2006, Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 4

MAJOR MEDIA DISCOVER BIOCYCLE POWER

AFTER YEARS of focusing newsroom staff on operations of major oil companies and nuclear power sources, the major media are at last discovering the energy in biopower. In a front-page story (6/29/06), The Wall Street Journal announced: “Big Players Join Race to Put Farm Waste Into Your Gas Tank.” In laboratories run by DuPont Co. and other competing labs, tiny organisms are generated that hold the