Colleges Scrape The Plate, Close The Loop

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Composting food waste and landscape trimmings on campuses is becoming commonplace. This first article in a series focuses on schools that have tied composting into academic programs. Part I

Dan Sullivan

Bioremediate Petroleum (BP)

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Climate Change Connections

Sally Brown

A Megacomposting Success Story

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Processing 150,000 wet tons/year of biosolids and 60,000 tons/year of amendment inside a retrofitted warehouse produces soil amendments, sustainability and economic value for utility customers.

Rich Flammer and Jeff Ziegenbein

Compost-Based Growing System Sprouts Innovation

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From commercial strawberry production to urban agriculture, compost encased in mesh material shows some promise in sustainable food production.

Dan Sullivan

Pioneering Partnership Optimizes Power Production

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Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority successfully piloted collection and preparation of commercial food discards for anaerobic digestion by keeping the material clean at the source. A full-scale roll out is underway.

Stefanie Pruegel

Recycling Local Waste Oil And Grease Into Biodiesel

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Small companies in California and North Carolina are recycling used cooking oil and other types of yellow grease — as well as brown grease and FOG — into biodiesel.

Diane Greer

Industry News

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Sand Separation And Anaerobic Treatment
The EarthMentor anaerobic treatment system, manufactured by Envirolytic Technologies (ET), LLC, utilizes newly patented technology for processing liquid livestock manures. The EarthMentor System (EMS) provides an efficient and environmentally sound method for swine and dairy farmers with as few as 250 cows to reduce manure handling

Letters

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Editor’s Note: This month’s Letters page highlights correspondence regarding BioCycle’s 25th Annual West Coast Conference, held in April 2010 in San Diego. Next year, the BioCycle Global conference will take place in San Diego, California, on April 11, 12, 13, 14, 2011. Visit www.biocycle global.com for the Call for Papers and additional information as it becomes available.

DEVELOPING A MORE OPEN MIND
I am a longtime composter who has faced angry communities, regulatory challenges and simple business hurdles. Despite all of

Regional Roundup

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Burlington, Vermont
GREENING BEER
As an Massachusetts Institute of Technology grad student, Purpose Energy, Inc. CEO Eric Fitch developed a passion for brewing beer. Now he’s building a biogas plant right next to the Magic Hat Brewing Co. in Burlington. The plant has already begun taking the

BioCycle World

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Power Plants
Anyone planning to visit Washington, D.C. this summer should plan on a tour of the U.S. National Arboretum’s “Power Plants” exhibit, which showcases a selection of plants that are being used or tested to produce biofuels. All plants in the exhibit have

Editorial

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IRONIES AND OPPORTUNITIES