LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR CAMPUS COMPOSTING

BioCycle June 2007, Vol. 48, No. 6, p. 35

Audit at Ohio University dining hall finds food residuals comprise about half of the waste stream generated. The next step is selecting and financing a composting system.

Cristina Olivares

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RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANIES CONTINUE THEIR SURGE

BioCycle June 2007, Vol. 48, No. 6, p. 44

Firms make use of Renewable Portfolio Standards, farm-to-fuel investments and availability in lower-cost feedstocks to achieve better results.

Jerome Goldstein

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ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF COMPOST USE

BioCycle June 2007, Vol. 48, No. 6, p. 19

CLIMATE CHANGE CONNECTIONS

Sally Brown

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CALIFORNIA LINKS ORGANICS RECYCLING TO SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

BioCycle June 2007, Vol. 48, No. 6, p. 20

Chair of the Integrated Waste Management Board reviews initiatives and accomplishments, including 52 percent waste diversion and an infrastructure of over 100 composting and mulch facilities statewide.

Margo Reid Brown

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IN-VESSEL COMPOSTING: ROTATING DRUMS

BioCycle June 2007, Vol. 48, No. 6, p. 28

The combination of pulping action and biological degradation can break down organic residuals in a few days to facilitate separation of inorganic contaminants. Part II

Robert L. Spencer

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FLORIDA EMBARKS ON COMPOSTING REGULATIONS UPDATE

BioCycle June 2007, Vol. 48, No. 6, p. 33

The vast majority of Florida's organics recycling takes place at chipping and grinding operations. A new effort is under way to revise state rules to enable facilities to compost source separated organics streams.

Peter Engel and Miriam Zimms

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BIOSOLIDS OPPORTUNITY IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON

BioCycle June 2007, Vol. 48, No. 6, p. 37

In addition to gaining public acceptance, the Tagro product line has created an income stream for the city - $400,000 in 2006.

Sally Brown and Dan Thompson

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VENTURING INTO BIOFUELS AND BIOMASS ENERGY

BioCycle June 2007, Vol. 48, No. 6, p. 40

U.S. venture capital and private equity investments in clean tech energy were close to
$2.5 billion in 2006. Biofuels and other biomass utilization plants received a significant share.

Diane Greer

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TRACKING THE VELOCITY OF BIOENERGY GROWTH

BioCycle June 2007, Vol. 48, No. 6, p. 47

BIOMASS ENERGY OUTLOOK

Mark Jenner

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MECHANICAL-BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PLANT STARTS UP IN ATHENS (GREECE)

BioCycle June 2007, Vol. 48, No. 6, p. 48

Compost, refuse-derived fuel, ferrous and aluminum are being recovered from a facility that processed 200,000 tons/year of mixed MSW in 2006.

Robert Spencer and Panagiotis Kalogeropoulos

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COMPOSTER VISITS VITAL EARTH GREEN WASTE SITE (UNITED KINGDOM)

BioCycle June 2007, Vol. 48, No. 6, p. 53

This description from the Warmer Bulletin explains how green wastes are being composted for peat-free media using mobile biovessels and separators. “What could be more natural?”, asks the author.

Arnie Rainbow

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REGIONAL ROUNDUP

BioCycle June 2007, Vol. 48, No. 6, p. 15

Madison, Wisconsin
NEW LEGISLATION WOULD PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOGAS
Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind has introduced a bill that would develop renewable energy from animal waste by providing tax incentives and loans for small businesses to promote anaerobic digestion. “I recognize that biogas is just one part of our larger course to energy independence, but it's

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BIOCYCLE WORLD

BioCycle June 2007, Vol. 48, No. 6, p. 6

SUPREME COURT RULES AUTHORITIES CAN
FLOW CONTROL WASTE TO FACILITIES
The U.S. Supreme Court concluded in a 6-3 decision that allowed counties or solid waste authorities to flow control waste to facilities owned or operated by those public sector entities. The court ruled that this sort of flow control was different than the Carbone vs. Clarkstown case in 1994 that ruled an ordinance requiring all solid waste to be processed at a transfer station discriminated against interstate

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EDITORIAL

BioCycle June 2007, Vol. 48, No. 6, p. 4

A SEED GROWS IN COMPOST

EVERY now and then in one's career, milestones are achieved. Such a milestone was met last week at a workshop organized by a water quality project team that includes BioCycle. The workshop, “Green Construction From The Ground Up - New Methods for Water and Soil Conservation on Modern Construction Sites,” was held at Massachusetts Audubon Society's Boston Nature Center (BNC) in

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