Composting Process Optimization

BioCycle January 2012, Vol. 53, No. 1, p. 42

Using a larger particle size enhances airflow in the windrows — and a reduction in odors.

Craig Coker

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Mississippi Gulf Coast Advances Sustainability Plan

BioCycle January 2012, Vol. 53, No. 1, p. 52

Integrating food systems into Gulf Coast sustainability plan was a novel idea because food was not a topic high up in the minds of the region’s leaders.

Jennifer Evans-Cowley and Angel Arroyo-Rodriguez

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Digestate Utilization In The U.S.

BioCycle January 2012, Vol. 53, No. 1, p. 56

Farmers are finding economic benefit to generating their own cow bedding and quick release fertilizer.

Ron Alexander

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Residential Food Waste Collection In The U.S.

BioCycle January 2012, Vol. 53, No. 1, p. 23

The number of communities in the U.S. with residential food waste collection service has grown by more than 50 percent since 2009.

Rhodes Yepsen

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Biosolids Composting In Salt Lake City

BioCycle January 2012, Vol. 53, No. 1, p. 34

After composting at a remote location for over 15 years, the Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility moved the operation next to the treatment plant, making odor control paramount.

Nora Goldstein

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Next Steps To An Industry Code For Composting

BioCycle January 2012, Vol. 53, No. 1, p. 38

What actions are necessary for the composting industry to gain a stand-alone North American Industry Classification System code? The final article in this series suggests a plan and timeline. Part 3

Andrew C. Kessler, Amy McCrae Kessler and Cara Unterkofler

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Yard Trimmings Composting Facility Upgrades Operations

BioCycle January 2012, Vol. 53, No. 1, p. 44

The Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation changed its management approach to increase throughput and make a high quality product.

Brian N. Card and Peter J. Connell

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Worker Protection At Composting Sites

BioCycle January 2012, Vol. 53, No. 1, p. 47

Safety and health hazards should be addressed using a hierarchy of control measures — eliminate the hazard, reduce through management controls and finally, adequate protection.

Nellie J. Brown

This article is adapted from the soon-to-be-released second edition of the On-Farm Composting Handbook, published by NRAES (Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service) at Cornell University
in 1992.

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Digester In Magic Hat’s Sustainability Mix

BioCycle January 2012, Vol. 53, No. 1, p. 58

With its ability to expand production restricted by BOD discharge limits, Vermont brewer directs its wastewater, spent yeast and grain waste to anaerobic digestion.

Molly Farrell Tucker

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Nutrient Cafe

BioCycle January 2012, Vol. 53, No. 1, p. 60

Connections

Sally Brown

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Good News For Nutrient Producers

BioCycle January 2012, Vol. 53, No. 1, p. 61

Biomass Energy Outlook

Mark Jenner

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Industry News

BioCycle January 2012, Vol. 53, No. 1, p. 63

Vibrator Screener
With the Electro-mechanical Ball Tray Deck Screener (EMBS), Cleveland Vibrator Company provides a high-efficiency screening design for recycling applications where precise end particle size is paramount. The EMBS achieves a high degree of practicality from its

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Anaerobic Digest

BioCycle January 2012, Vol. 53, No. 1, p. 20

Boston, Massachusetts
MASSDEP STEPS UP ORGANIC WASTE DIVERSION
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has upped organics diversion activities by slating food waste for a list of items to be banned from disposal. When the program

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Composting Roundup

BioCycle January 2012, Vol. 53, No. 1, p. 14

Hood River, Oregon
SMALL-SCALE STARTUP COMPOSTS FOOD WASTE
Dirt Hugger opened its new composting facility in the Columbia River Gorge to fill a growing need for local composting services. Tri-Counties Recycling (a collaborative government organization)

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BioCycle World

BioCycle January 2012, Vol. 53, No. 1, p. 6

Minnesota Reclassifies Separated Compostables As Recyclable Material
In its 2011 session, the Minnesota legislature added “source separated compostable materials” (SSCM) to its recyclable materials definition, removing them from the Minnesota Pollution Control

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Editorial

BioCycle January 2012, Vol. 53, No. 1, p. 4

Nora Goldstein

Momentum To Build In 2012

A VARIETY of indicators point to 2012 being a good year for composting, renewable energy and sustainability. Let’s start with what you will find as you read this issue of BioCycle:

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