Building A Business With Nutrient Management

BioCycle November 2009, Vol. 50, No. 11, p. 21

Simple composting system enables a dairy farm to diversify operations.

Rhodes Yepsen

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Mixed Waste Composting Review

BioCycle November 2009, Vol. 50, No. 11, p. 23

Twelve facilities composting mixed municipal solid waste in the U.S. continue to fill a niche, turning difficult waste streams into useful product.

Rhodes Yepsen

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Marketing Mixed Waste Compost

BioCycle November 2009, Vol. 50, No. 11, p. 29

Selling compost from MSW and biosolids can be profitable when the facility uses a proven technology, focuses on quality end product and implements a successful marketing strategy.

Brian C. Fleury

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Whole System Organics Recovery

BioCycle November 2009, Vol. 50, No. 11, p. 31

A family of companies in San Jose, California is expanding into the realm of dry fermentation to take composting and organics diversion one step further.

Emily Hanson

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Wastewater Plants As Green Power Producers

BioCycle November 2009, Vol. 50, No. 11, p. 36

Updated survey finds more state Renewable Portfolio Standards consider biogas from treatment plant digesters — a relatively untapped potential source of green electricity — as an eligible resource under their rules.

Jon Crowe, R. Wilson Hambrick, Jeffrey Snell and Wilson Rickerson

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Cellulosic Ethanol Plants Inch Forward

BioCycle November 2009, Vol. 50, No. 11, p. 40

Permitting challenges and the credit crisis have delayed Bluefire Ethanol’s plans to build two facilities producing cellulosic ethanol from green wastes.

Diane Greer

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Climate Change Connections

BioCycle November 2009, Vol. 50, No. 11, p. 44

EDUCATED RISK

Sally Brown

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Ontario Diversion Vision

BioCycle November 2009, Vol. 50, No. 11, p. 44

Compost Canada

Susan Antler

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Biomass Energy Outlook

BioCycle November 2009, Vol. 50, No. 11, p. 45

USDA BIOPREFERRED — A “GOOD” CARBON REGULATION

Mark Jenner

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Regional Roundup

BioCycle November 2009, Vol. 50, No. 11, p. 12

Ithaca, New York
COMPOSTING PET WASTE AT DOG PARK
Cayuga Compost and Tompkins County Dog Owners Group launched a program on Earth Day this year to collect and compost pet waste at the Ithaca Dog Park. About 5,000 bags are used to collect 1,000 pounds of dog waste every month at the park. Plastic bags were previously

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BioCycle World

BioCycle November 2009, Vol. 50, No. 11, p. 6

Petition, Call-To-Action On Climate, Energy Bills
Composters and organics recyclers are encouraged to lend support to the U.S. Composting Council’s education campaign (See “Composting Council Advocates Carbon Offsets In Climate Change Bill,” BioCycle September 2009) by signing an online petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/uscc2009/petition.html.

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Editorial

BioCycle November 2009, Vol. 50, No. 11, p. 4

Revisiting Risk

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