ADDING THROUGHPUT, WITHOUT EXPANDING THE FOOTPRINT

BioCycle January 2008, Vol. 49, No. 1, p. 24

A look at how composting facilities can increase processing capacity without adding to the size of the composting pad. Insights offer guidance to yard trimmings sites considering expanding into food residual streams.

Rhodes Yepsen

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BUILDING COMPOSTING SUCCESS ON QUALITY ORGANICS

BioCycle January 2008, Vol. 49, No. 1, p. 30

Green trimmings and woody materials are combined with food residuals at the A1 Organics Nevada site - bringing compost to the market for buyers who now understand
its value.

Molly Farrell Tucker

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GRINDERS

BioCycle January 2008, Vol. 49, No. 1, p. 39

NUTS & BOLTS

What do customers look for when buying grinding equipment? Recent buyers and equipment manufacturers offer insights.

Nora Goldstein

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JAM-PACKED YEAR OF BIOENERGY INDUSTRY GROWTH

BioCycle January 2008, Vol. 49, No. 1, p. 44

BIOMASS ENERGY OUTLOOK

Mark Jenner

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FOREST THROUGH THE TREES

BioCycle January 2008, Vol. 49, No. 1, p. 21

CLIMATE CHANGE CONNECTIONS

Sally Brown

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COMPOST MARKET OUTLOOK

BioCycle January 2008, Vol. 49, No. 1, p. 22

Environmental applications such as slope stabilization and storm water management, as well as use of compost in blended products, are expected to continue pushing market growth this year.

Ron Alexander

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IN-VESSEL OPTION FOR ON-SITE FOOD WASTE COMPOSTING

BioCycle January 2008, Vol. 49, No. 1, p. 35

A Toyota manufacturing plant in Kentucky has an on-site unit to process food waste from six cafeterias. Smaller drums are used at universities and correctional facilities.

Robert Spencer

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FARM-BASED DIGESTER CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

BioCycle January 2008, Vol. 49, No. 1, p. 45

AgSTAR conference on anaerobic digestion for livestock waste draws a crowd of over 300 to discuss technology options, regulatory and electric utility challenges and industry potential.

Philip D. Lusk

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GLOBAL WARMING INTENSITY OF ETHANOL

BioCycle January 2008, Vol. 49, No. 1, p. 50

Examples using the BEACCON Model - Biofuels Emissions And Cost Connection - illustrate how process improvements can reduce the global warming intensity of operations.

Steffen Mueller and Richard Plevin

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GREEN ENERGY FROM FOOD WASTES AT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT

BioCycle January 2008, Vol. 49, No. 1, p. 53

Results from full- and bench-scale studies suggest utility district's food waste recycling process is suitable for cleaning and recycling postconsumer presorted solid food wastes while increasing biogas production in biosolids digesters.

Donald M.D. Gray (Gabb), Paul J. Suto and Mark H. Chien

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MEAT PROCESSOR MOVES TO ANAEROBIC DIGESTION

BioCycle January 2008, Vol. 49, No. 1, p. 60

JBS Swift is installing digesters at its Nebraska meat processing plant to treat
manure and slaughtering by-products. Biogas will reduce natural gas consumption
by about 25 percent.

Diane Greer

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REGIONAL ROUNDUP

BioCycle January 2008, Vol. 49, No. 1, p. 16

Kapolei, Hawaii
HOMEGROWN BIODIESEL TO CONCENTRATE ON LOCAL FEEDSTOCKS
A plant is planned to refine biodiesel for Maui Electric Company (MECO) to be completed by 2009. It will be jointly owned by Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) and BlueEarth Fuels. Says MECO president Ed Reinhardt: “This biodiesel plant will be a first step toward allowing Maalaea Power Plant

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BIOCYCLE WORLD

BioCycle January 2008, Vol. 49, No. 1, p. 6

BRITISH CONFERENCE ON FOOD RESIDUALS SUPPLY
Postconsumer food waste is a major problem in the United Kingdom, reports Warmer Bulletin (November 2007), with consumers producing 6.7 million metric tons (mmt) each year - equivalent to a

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Published since 1960, BioCycle is America’s foremost magazine on composting and organics recycling. BioCycle shows you how to turn organic residuals — woody materials, yard trimmings, municipal solid waste (MSW), food residuals, biosolids, manure and other feedstocks into value-added products.

Every issue introduces you to the management teams behind state-of-the-art composting and recycling facilities. You’ll get the latest recycling and compost statistics from BioCycle’s ”State of Garbage in America“ surveys. And you’ll learn about systems that sort trash into recyclables, compostables and disposables … New waste management solutions for cities, industries, institutions and farms … Equipment recommended for most efficient operations … Odor control techniques and so much more.

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