Cool 2012 Launch At Biocycle West Coast Conference

BioCycle March 2008, Vol. 49, No. 3, p. 36

Spearheaded by the GrassRoots Recycling Network, with BioCycle as the media partner, the COOL 2012 campaign connects organics in the landfill to greenhouse gas emissions.

Nora Goldstein

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Measuring And Controlling Composting Emissions

BioCycle March 2008, Vol. 49, No. 3, p. 26

CIWMB-funded study on composting emissions from food and green wastes
provides valuable data.

Bob Horowitz

A NEW study funded by the California Integrated Waste Board (CIWMB) indicates that well-managed composting of green waste and food waste releases significantly less air pollution than previously thought. The study also demonstrates that a relatively inexpensive management technique - covering active compost piles with a layer of finished compost - may lower air emissions even further, by as much as 75 percent compared to uncovered piles.

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Calculating Capacity At Composting Sites

BioCycle March 2008, Vol. 49, No. 3, p. 38

Land area required for support functions are in the range of 30 to 80 percent, depending on such factors as composting technology, air emission and leachate control, traffic and safety, buffer and product storage.

George Savage

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Use What Works? How Novel!

BioCycle March 2008, Vol. 49, No. 3, p. 22

Climate Change Connections

Sally Brown

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Fairgrounds Highlights Sustainable Facilities Management

BioCycle March 2008, Vol. 49, No. 3, p. 32

The Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego County, California, which hosts more than 3.1 million visitors annually, diverted 93.5 percent of its solid waste stream in 2007.

Nancy Strauss

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Don't Treat Building Site Soil Like Dirt

BioCycle March 2008, Vol. 49, No. 3, p. 23

Outreach campaign and website in Washington State, which specifies amending soil with compost, is changing standard building practices.

David McDonald and Kris Beatty

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West Coast Conference Marketplace

BioCycle March 2008, Vol. 49, No. 3, p. 39

Highlighting exhibitors attending the 24th Annual BioCycle West Coast Conference, April 14-16, 2008 in San Diego, California. For the full Conference Program, to register for the event, and to see an up-to-date list of exhibitors, visit www.biocycle.net.

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Screens

BioCycle March 2008, Vol. 49, No. 3, p. 44

Nuts & Bolts

Deciding what type of screen meets an operation's needs can be guided by end markets to be tapped. Recent buyers and vendors offer insights and evaluation tips.

Rhodes Yepsen and Nora Goldstein

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Biosolids Management In The U.S.

BioCycle March 2008, Vol. 49, No. 3, p. 48

Reported wastewater solids generated in 2004 totaled 7.2 million dry tons. About 3.5 million were managed via beneficial use and 3.3 million were disposed.

Ned Beecher, Kristy Crawford and Nora Goldstein

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Bioenergy Projects Are More Than Energy

BioCycle March 2008, Vol. 49, No. 3, p. 55

Biomass Energy Outlook

Mark Jenner

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Renewable Gas And California's New Feed-In Tariff

BioCycle March 2008, Vol. 49, No. 3, p. 56

Biogas production has boomed in Germany, in part due to a feed-in tariff that improves project economics. Recently, the California Energy Commission recommended a feed-in tariff for small generators under 1.5 megawatts in size.

Wilson Rickerson, Simon Eilif Baker and Michael Wheeler

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REGIONAL ROUNDUP

BioCycle March 2008, Vol. 49, No. 3, p. 18

Niagara Region, Canada
Study Assesses Area's Organic Resource Management
Regional Municipality of Niagara's Waste Management Services Division recently released a report assessing the “true costs” of composting, weighed against landfilling and energy from waste (EFW) technologies. Conducted by CM Consulting of Toronto, Canada, and presented to the region's Waste

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BIOCYCLE WORLD

BioCycle March 2008, Vol. 49, No. 3, p. 6

Recyclemania Starts Off Its Eighth Year With A Bang
Four hundred colleges and universities are participating in RecycleMania this year, almost double the 201 schools that participated in 2007. Participating from 46 states (and the District of Columbia) are more than 4.3 million students and 800,000 faculty and staff. Institutions range from smaller two-year

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EDITORIAL

BioCycle March 2008, Vol. 49, No. 3, p. 4

Organics Matter

THE other day I was speaking with a sustainability director of a major corporation. He noted that these must be exciting times for BioCycle, with the increased popularity and focus on climate change and

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Events Calendar

Updated July 10, 2008

August 3, 4, 5, 6, 2008
California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA) 32nd Annual Conference & Tradeshow
Burlingame, CA

September 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 2008
Commercial Composting and Compost Use Training Course
Raleigh, North Carolina

September 17, 18, 19, 2008
The Composting Council Of Canada's 18th Annual National Conference
Quebec, Canada

October 6, 7, 8, 2008
8th Annual BioCycle Conference On Renewable Energy From Organics Recycling
Madison, Wisconsin

November 5, 6, 2008
Canadian Waste & Recycling Expo
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

April 27, 28, 29, 30, 2009
BioCycle International Conference 2009
Celebrating BioCycle's 50th Anniversary
San Diego, California