COMPOST DATA TRACKING AND ANALYSIS

BioCycle July 2007, Vol. 48, No. 7, p. 26

From tip fee invoice tracking to process control to compost product sampling, information gathering, analysis and reporting are key to successful facility operations.

Craig Coker

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INNOVATIONS IN MULCH COLORIZATION

BioCycle July 2007, Vol. 48, No. 7, p. 30

Competition for drier wood sources for boiler fuel has led to increasing use of ground green waste and processed C&D wood streams to make colored mulches.

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RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY SOARS IN WISCONSIN

BioCycle July 2007, Vol. 48, No. 7, p. 61

Action is a step to Governor's goals to reach 25 percent of its annual energy needs for renewables by 2025.

Cheryl Rezabek

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"GREEN” INCINERATION

BioCycle July 2007, Vol. 48, No. 7, p. 21

CLIMATE CHANGE CONNECTIONS

Sally Brown

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TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

BioCycle July 2007, Vol. 48, No. 7, p. 22

A San Francisco Bay area waste management company calculates greenhouse gas emissions from current recycling, composting and disposal practices - and then determines offsets at a 78 percent recycling rate.

Chris Choate and Jim Lord

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PAPER COMPANY AND COFFEE ROASTER LAUNCH NEW PRODUCT

BioCycle July 2007, Vol. 48, No. 7, p. 48

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, which sells more than 2.5 million cups of coffee daily, joined forces with International Paper to introduce a compostable coffee cup.

Molly Farrell Tucker

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AGITATED BAY COMPOSTING IN ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA

BioCycle July 2007, Vol. 48, No. 7, p. 50

AGITATED BAY COMPOSTING IN ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA

Solution comes from investing $3.1 million in a facility that produces up to 18,000 cubic yards of compost each year and handles up to 9,600 pounds of dewatered sludge per day.

Thomas Mansur and Richard Nicoletti

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WHAT'S NEW? MIXERS

BioCycle July 2007, Vol. 48, No. 7, p. 51

Most mixers for the composting industry have their roots in animal feed preparation and rationing.
Several units are targeted at biosolids processing.

Nora Goldstein

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HIGHLY COMPACTED SOILS IMPROVED BY COMPOST USE

BioCycle July 2007, Vol. 48, No. 7, p. 55

Cornell University study shows how manure-based compost has lasting benefits for growth and health of plants.

Mary Schwarz, Nina Bassuk, Jean Bonhotal and Ellen Harrison

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THE “BIONIC” COMPOST SPREADER

BioCycle July 2007, Vol. 48, No. 7, p. 57

Unit developed in Central Texas proves how much a spreader can restore damaged training lands and improve rangeland health on this 260,000 acre reservation.

M. Scott Keating

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SCALING THE BIOMASS ENERGY MOUNTAIN

BioCycle July 2007, Vol. 48, No. 7, p. 60

Biomass Energy Outlook

Mark Jenner

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CONVERTING WASTE STREAMS TO ENERGY AND OTHER VALUABLE COMMODITIES

BioCycle July 2007, Vol. 48, No. 7, p. 62

Iowa DNR prepares interactive mapping tool as part of outreach to link codigestible feedstocks and industries that are large energy users to achieve widespread benefits.

Jim Bodensteiner

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FINANCING WOOD-FIRED ELECTRICITY GENERATION

BioCycle July 2007, Vol. 48, No. 7, p. 66

Power purchase agreements, an assured fuel supply, and a commitment from the project's sponsors in terms of time, sweat equity and cash are key to “making a deal.”

Diane Greer

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EDITORIAL

BioCycle July 2007, Vol. 48, No. 7, p. 4

GLOBAL CONNECTIONS TAKE ROOT IN MONCTON

DURING the last week of June, an international conference - Moving Forward: Wastewater Biosolids Sustainability - was held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. The event was organized and hosted by the Greater Moncton Sewerage Commission, and cosponsored by the International Water Association.

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REGIONAL ROUNDUP

BioCycle July 2007, Vol. 48, No. 7, p. 16

Athens, Ohio
SOLAR PANELS TO POWER IN-VESSEL COMPOSTER
The June 2007 issue of BioCycle reported how Ohio University in Athens plans to procure an in-vessel composting system to process source separated cafeteria food waste (see “Laying Groundwork For

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BIOCYCLE WORLD

BioCycle July 2007, Vol. 48, No. 7, p. 6

BIOGENIC CONTENT OF MSW AS RENEWABLE ENERGY
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a report in May 2007 that classifies only the biogenic portion of municipal solid waste (MSW) as a source of renewable energy. Historically, because MSW has widely been viewed as principally composed of biomass, EIA had classified all

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