Nuts & Bolts: Windrow Turners

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Demand for windrow turners has been growing in the agricultural sector as farms look to replace synthetic fertilizer with compost produced from their own residuals. The international marketplace has been strong as well.

Rhodes Yepsen

Toronto Moves Forward With Anaerobic Digestion Of Residential SSO

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City Council commits to building two, 55,000 metric tons/year digesters on sites within the city, making Toronto the first major municipality in North America to select AD for processing source separated organics.

Renewable Energy Marketplace

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Introducing you to the vendors showcasing their equipment and services at the 8th Annual BioCycle Conference on Renewable Energy From Organics Recycling, October 6-8, 2008 in Madison, Wisconsin. For the full Conference Program, to register for the event and view an up-to-date list of exhibitors, visit www.biocycle.net.

Value Of A Pile

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Climate Change Connections

Sally Brown

Food Composting Infrastructure

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Second installment of BioCycle National Survey reports on food waste composting facilities and projects in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.

Cristina Olivares and Nora Goldstein

Hospitality Company Serves Up Sustainability

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Regional company with about 200 restaurants and catering operations actively promotes sustainability, increasing local food purchasing, composting and waste reduction.

Rhodes Yepsen

Biomass Energy Outlook: Is There A Silver Lining In Energy Use Data?

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Mark Jenner

Processing Biosolids Via A High Solids Digester

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To find a way to stabilize costs and minimize odors, the City of Akron has installed an anaerobic digester to process a portion of its biosolids.

Annette M. Berger and Brian Gresser

Small-Scale Digester Boosts Farm Economics

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Two dairy farms near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - one that milks 130 cows and another that milks 70 - installed small digesters and cogeneration units to manage manure and reduce power costs.

Graeme Millen

Not So Green Energy

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Commentary

REGIONAL ROUNDUP

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Rhinelander, Wisconsin
LANDFILL GENERATES MORE INCOME FROM RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING THAN DISPOSAL
The Oneida County Sanitary Landfill, in Rhinelander, generated more income last year from composting and recycling than from disposal, says Bart Sexton, the landfill's solid waste director.

BIOCYCLE WORLD

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$35 MILLION AWARDED BY USDA FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
A total of 639 businesses and individuals in 43 states have been selected to receive $35 million in grants and loan guarantees from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for renewable energy systems or to improve energy efficiency in farm and business operations. Awarded through USDA's Rural

EDITORIAL

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COMPOSTING, RENEWABLE ENERGY ROADS MERGE IN MADISON

THE old adage, “necessity is the mother of invention,” couldn't be more true as we prepare for next month's 8th Annual BioCycle Conference on Renewable Energy From Organics Recycling in Madison, Wisconsin. Despite politicians' calls for offshore oil drilling, it is more evident than ever that the solutions