CALIFORNIA AGENCIES PARTNER TO INCREASE COMPOST USE ON ROADSIDES

BioCycle March 2007, Vol. 48, No. 3, p. 29

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SPECIFICATIONS, COST MANAGEMENT
A partnership between Caltrans, the California Integrated Waste Management Board, university extension offices, a state composting group and private industry is expected to dramatically boost the use of compost on highway roadsides.

Brian Larimore and Gregory Balzer

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MEASURING DIVERSION, RECYCLING PROGRESS

BioCycle March 2007, Vol. 48, No. 3, p. 52

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MSW DATA MANAGEMENT TOOL

State and local governments are adopting data tracking tools to standardize reporting and identify areas for program improvement.

Nora Goldstein

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RENEWABLES MAKE PROGRESS ON MANY FRONTS

BioCycle March 2007, Vol. 48, No. 3, p. 59

BIOCYCLE ENERGY

GRASSROOTS ETHANOL FROM FIELD WASTE

Progress in community digesters will bring fresh jobs and local control back to farm country - plus offering answers for global warming.

Jerome Goldstein

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EDITORIAL

BioCycle March 2007, Vol. 48, No. 3, p. 4

SETTING THE PACE

“ORIGINAL thinking and bold action are vital to protect our nation from becoming more of a dump than it already is. Again and again, I want to make it clear that we have the technical know-how to treat our wastes without polluting the environment. We are already spending the money in attempts to burn or bury the wastes. So let us use that same money - in many cases less money - to make a potential resource of those wastes.”

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BIOCYCLE WORLD

BioCycle March 2007, Vol. 48, No. 3, p. 6

BRITISH SCHOOLS TAKE ACTIVE ROLE IN COMPOSTING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
Ten secondary schools and colleges in Wiltshire, England, reports Growing Heap, are reducing waste disposal fees and running in-vessel composting machines while producing great compost. The $272,235 Schools Composting Technology Project run by the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust (and funded by a government agency) began in April 2005 to divert at least 40 metric tons of compostable waste each year.

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REGIONAL ROUNDUP

BioCycle March 2007, Vol. 48, No. 3, p. 16

La Crosse, Wisconsin
BIOGAS PROJECTS FEATURED ON PUBLIC TELEVISION
Two facilities that produce renewable energy for Dairyland Power Cooperative were featured in early February on Iowa and Wisconsin Public Television's Market to Market Program. The segment showed the Norswiss Dairy near Rice Lake, Wisconsin and Waste Management, Inc.'s Timberline Trail landfill gas-to-energy plant near Bruce, Wisconsin.

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Screens

BioCycle March 2007, Vol. 48, No. 3, p. 22
WHAT'S NEW?

Screen manufacturers approach the challenge of separating larger particles from smaller particles in myriad ways. Equipment options fall into two basic formats - trommels and decks.

Robert Spencer

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EFFECT OF COMPOST AND TILLAGE ON ESTABLISHING PLANTS

BioCycle March 2007, Vol. 48, No. 3, p. 34

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ROADWAY PLOTS IN SAN JOSE

To reduce sediment runoff and slope erosion, Caltrans staff use compost on landscaped roadside at less than $40/cubic yard applied.

Karin Grobe

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COMPOSTING AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS: A PRODUCER'S PERSPECTIVE

BioCycle March 2007, Vol. 48, No. 3, p. 37

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FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE

How do the three core elements of composting - feedstocks, composting process and compost use - fare in analyses of climate change impacts?

Sally Brown and Scott Subler

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SAN DIEGO COUNTY TARGETS AGRICULTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE ORGANIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

BioCycle March 2007, Vol. 48, No. 3, p. 42

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THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS

Analysis of population dynamics verifies need to return compost and mulch to region's farms to improve crop yields and reduce applications of water, fertilizer
and pesticides.

Rich Flammer and Wayne Williams

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BUILDING SOILS FOR STORM WATER COMPLIANCE AND SUCCESSFUL LANDSCAPES

BioCycle March 2007, Vol. 48, No. 3, p. 48

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SOILS FOR SALMON UPDATE

Research, regulations, innovative projects and professional outreach are making the soil-water connection in Washington.

David McDonald, Sandy Salisbury and Kris Beatty

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HIGH QUALITY COMPOSTS FROM ANAEROBIC DIGESTION RESIDUES

BioCycle March 2007, Vol. 48, No. 3, p. 55

BIOCYCLE ENERGY

IMPACT OF COCOMPOSTING SOLIDS

Supporting the trend to increased biogas production, cocomposting of residuals was found to be an appropriate alternative of closed loop management in Austrian research.

Katharina Meissl and Ena Smidt

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BALANCING CARBON MANAGEMENT AND RENEWABLE FUELS PRODUCTION

BioCycle March 2007, Vol. 48, No. 3, p. 61

Commentary

Mark R. Fuchs and Chery Sullivan

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