Compost In The Mix For Storm Water Management

BioCycle October 2008, Vol. 49, No. 10, p. 42

Projects in Georgia highlight the use of compost in the engineered soil matrix for bioretention cells, which sustainably manage storm water runoff.

Molly Farrell Tucker

Landfill Gas To Fleet Fuel In Ohio

BioCycle October 2008, Vol. 49, No. 10, p. 47

Solid waste authority in Ohio opens facility that converts landfill gas to compressed natural gas for use in fleet vehicles and medium duty trucks.

Nora Goldstein

Mechanical Biological Treatment Trends

BioCycle October 2008, Vol. 49, No. 10, p. 51

Fifty MBT facilities with combined capacity of 6 million tons receive approximately 25 percent of the total MSW collected in Germany.

Karsten Runge and Christoph Hofmann

An Imperfect Process

BioCycle October 2008, Vol. 49, No. 10, p. 20

Climate Change Connections

Sally Brown

Food Composting Infrastructure

BioCycle October 2008, Vol. 49, No. 10, p. 29

Third installment of BioCycle National Survey reports on food waste composting facilities and projects in the Southeast and Upper Midwest states.

Cristina Olivares and Nora Goldstein

Whole Earth Festival Creates Diversion Culture

BioCycle October 2008, Vol. 49, No. 10, p. 32

Annual event in Davis, California has evolved into a Zero Waste model with over 97 percent of its collections recycled in 2008. The latest twist is a reusable dish program.

Derek Downey

Food Bank Recycles Spoiled Produce

BioCycle October 2008, Vol. 49, No. 10, p. 36

Regional food bank diverts a slurry to composting in a successful program that it plans to replicate with a second distribution center.

Steve Slipchinsky and K.C. Alexander

Buildings And Corrosion Control

BioCycle October 2008, Vol. 49, No. 10, p. 38

Operators and facility managers offer recommendations and guidance for moving a composting facility indoors.

Rhodes Yepsen

Biomass Energy Outlook: Regional Biomass Inventory

BioCycle October 2008, Vol. 49, No. 10, p. 46

Mark Jenner

Anaerobic Digestion Solution At Dairy Complex (India)

BioCycle October 2008, Vol. 49, No. 10, p. 53

Anaerobic digester installation processes 235 tons/day of animal waste for generation of 1 MW of electricity and high quality fertilizer.

Salman Zafar

REGIONAL ROUNDUP

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Madison, Wisconsin
GRANTS AND LOANS TOTALING $7.3 MILLION FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
The Wisconsin Energy Independence Fund has administered $7.3 million in grants and loans this year for renewable energy projects, part of the state's initiative to have state-based businesses generate 25

BIOCYCLE WORLD

BioCycle October 2008, Vol. 49, No. 10, p. 6

BIOCYCLE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED
An Organizing Committee for the BioCycle International Conference 2009, to be held April 27-30 in San Diego, California, was recently announced. The Conference will be celebrating BioCycle's 50th Anniversary. The Organizing Committee will assist BioCycle with technical session development and

EDITORIAL

BioCycle October 2008, Vol. 49, No. 10, p. 4

Dollar For Dollar, Composting Wins

IN THESE days of carbon accounting, attempts are being made by private companies, city and county managers, project developers and operators, carbon credit traders and others to monetize the net benefit of options available to get our planet out of hot water. Everyone is seeking the bottom line