C&D RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES

BioCycle December 2006, Vol. 47, No. 12, p. 35

Two Massachusetts facilities process loads using a system of conveyors, screens, manual picking and grinders while recovering wood for use as boiler fuel.

Robert L. Spencer

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION BY COMPOSTING

BioCycle December 2006, Vol. 47, No. 12, p. 18

With close to 300,000 sites nationwide in need of clean-up over the next 30 years, composting is among the remediation technologies being put to use.

Craig Coker

ECONOMICS AND IMPACTS OF ETHANOL MANUFACTURE

BioCycle December 2006, Vol. 47, No. 12, p. 44

This special report from a USDA Research Laboratory in South Dakota examines the growing challenge and opportunities in the production of ethanol from corn grain.

Kurt A. Rosentrater

ENZYME PRODUCER GROWS GREENER WITH COMPOSTING

BioCycle December 2006, Vol. 47, No. 12, p. 24

A North Carolina Environmental Stewardship award-winning facility uses its own enzyme production residuals, plus recycled organics from outside sources, to enhance its composting operation.

Matt Ewadinger, Brian Rosa and Tom Rhodes

FOOD SCRAPS TO COMPOSTING … AND BACK TO FOOD

BioCycle December 2006, Vol. 47, No. 12, p. 29

Since the program began, more than half a million pounds of food residuals have been diverted from dining facilities at the University of New Hampshire. Finished compost is used in a campus garden, with produce coming back to the dining halls.

Jenna R. Jambeck, Elisabeth W. Farrell and Sara M. Cleaves

MANAGING AD SYSTEM LOGISTICS FOR MSW ORGANICS

BioCycle December 2006, Vol. 47, No. 12, p. 39

Toronto program is a first step towards a comprehensive assessment of
the potential for biogas production from the anaerobic digestion of municipal organic materials. Part II

Brian Van Opstal

ROTARY DIGESTER OPERATIONAL REALITIES

BioCycle December 2006, Vol. 47, No. 12, p. 53

Annual meeting of in-vessel composting facility operators included representatives from seven MSW composting plants that utilize the rotary digester technology. Lessons learned regarding equipment wear, inspections and critical maintenance are summarized.

Robert L. Spencer

CONTROL OF STRAWBERRY BLACK ROOT ROT WITH COMPOST SOCKS

BioCycle December 2006, Vol. 47, No. 12, p. 56

For the first time, a raised-bed growing method uses 100 percent mature compost as an alternative to fumigation - significantly reducing root rot symptoms and increasing yields.

Patricia D. Millner

THRIVING COMPOST INDUSTRY HAS “LONG WAY TO GO” (UNITED KINGDOM)

BioCycle December 2006, Vol. 47, No. 12, p. 59

Trends indicate a major shortfall in composting capacity in the UK, especially for in-vessel plants that process food catering residuals. More government action is needed to realize the potential.

Peter White

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PLANT YIELDS NUTRIENTS AND POWER (HUNGARY)

BioCycle December 2006, Vol. 47, No. 12, p. 61

The Nyírbátor facility processes about 100,000 metric tons/year of wastewater from slaughterhouses, crop residues and manure, producing about 7 GWh of electric energy
and nutrients for about 1,000 hectares.

Mihaly Petis

REGIONAL ROUNDUP

BioCycle December 2006, Vol. 47, No. 12, p. 12

Millbrae, California
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TO
REPLACE FOSSIL FUELS WITH GREASE
Leftover cooking grease from San Francisco Bay Area restaurants will allow a wastewater plant to provide for 80 percent of its own power saving taxpayers money and cutting down fossil fuel emissions.

BIOCYCLE WORLD

BioCycle December 2006, Vol. 47, No. 12, p. 6

FOOD RECYCLING LAW REVS UP REUSE RATE IN JAPAN
In Japan, roughly 19.4 million tons of food residuals were generated in 1996. Only about nine percent - or 1.68 million tons - were recovered, with most incinerated or landfilled - contributing to Japan's growing shortages of final disposal sites. Aware of the problems, the Japanese government in 2001

EDITORIAL

BioCycle December 2006, Vol. 47, No. 12, p. 4

CRITICAL CONNECTIONS IN 2006

LAST month, we had an interesting exchange with
?5{cle subscriber. I was explaining the history of the name BioCycle, noting that when it was adopted in 1981, we felt it captured all facets of biological recycling of organic wastes - as opposed to disposal or thermal treatment. The person I