Operator Insights: Compostable Products

BioCycle June 2008, Vol. 49, No. 6, p. 41

Key factors to consider when choosing compostable products and lessons learned from integrating them into food scraps diversion programs.

Rhodes Yepsen

Turning Field Residue Into Ethanol Feedstock

BioCycle June 2008, Vol. 49, No. 6, p. 48

Corncobs will be used to produce cellulosic ethanol at new biorefinery plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa.

Diane Greer

Zero Waste In Buenos Aires (Argentina)

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Government, waste haulers, cartoneros and NGOs are working on increased recycling and composting.

Nora Goldstein

Not Everyone Speaks Your Language

BioCycle June 2008, Vol. 49, No. 6, p. 19

SINCE I started doing this column, not one person has written me for advice about composting, carbon credits, or for that matter, what to wear or how to get their children to eat vegetables. Nevertheless, I decided this month to take some liberties and write as an advice columnist (I don't think Dear Abby has

Creating A Food Scraps Recycling Industry

BioCycle June 2008, Vol. 49, No. 6, p. 26

Rutgers University promotes development of local industry using organic residuals to make products that replace those made from oil.

Priscilla E. Hayes

Waste Wise In Calgary

BioCycle June 2008, Vol. 49, No. 6, p. 32

With an average diversion rate of 39 percent, a household composting pilot project in the community of Dalhousie is viewed as a model to be replicated.

Bert Einsiedel and Karen Morrison

Food Scraps Composting And Vector Control

BioCycle June 2008, Vol. 49, No. 6, p. 35

In a USDA study, it appeared that immediate bulking and grinding of food waste with shredded wood was a deterrent in attracting birds and mammals.

Bradley F. Blackwell and Thomas W. Seamans

Measurement Of Volumes At Ohio Class IV Composting Facilities

BioCycle June 2008, Vol. 49, No. 6, p. 38

Study develops consistent methodology for accurately measuring volumes of unprocessed and processed materials at yard trimmings composting facilities. Part I

H.M. Keener, M.H. Wicks and J.A. Skora

Biomass Energy Outlook: Algae - The Wonder Crop Of Tomorrow?

BioCycle June 2008, Vol. 49, No. 6, p. 44

Mark Jenner

Vermont Brewery Ups The Ante On Its Environmental Commitment

BioCycle June 2008, Vol. 49, No. 6, p. 45

Long Trail Brewing Company is now purchasing 25 percent of its power from the Central Vermont Public Service Cow Power program, helping Vermont farmers to turn manure into electricity.

Molly Farrell Tucker

Composting Company Forges Ahead With Organics Diversion (Argentina)

BioCycle June 2008, Vol. 49, No. 6, p. 51

Success with a facility processing industrial food residuals and other by-products spurs a Buenos Aires company to target MSW.

Nora Goldstein

REGIONAL ROUNDUP

BioCycle June 2008, Vol. 49, No. 6, p. 16

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
GRANTS HELP EXPAND STATE'S COMPOSTING INFRASTRUCTURE
Katherine McGinty, Secretary of Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection, announced a total of $400,000 in Compost Infrastructure Development grants for 2008. “By diverting useful materials from landfills, we can create jobs and save money,” said McGinty. “Organic waste such as food, grass

BIOCYCLE WORLD

BioCycle June 2008, Vol. 49, No. 6, p. 6

FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT COST CALCULATOR
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Food Waste Management Calculator, which evaluates the competitiveness of alternatives to traditional food waste disposal, such as composting, source reduction, donation and recycling of fats, oils and grease (FOG). It determines a new food waste management scenario, based on inputs such as type of organization, types and

EDITORIAL

BioCycle June 2008, Vol. 49, No. 6, p. 4

Compost - The Universal Language

AT LEAST one pop song includes the phrase, “love is the universal language.” Well, after a recent trip to Argentina, I am going to rewrite the lyrics - compost is the universal language!