Composting
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Mixed Waste Composting A Cog In Solid Waste Management Wheel
The 17-year-old mixed MSW and biosolids composting facility is an integral component of a system that includes a MRF, transfer stations, and landfills.
Food Waste
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Farm Aid Festival Digs Into Climate Resiliency
The annual concert and zero waste event connect the dots on healthy soils and agricultural resilience with the mantra, “Farm Aid Is Earth Aid.”
AD & Biogas
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“Cold And High” AD Technical Workshop In Alaska
Top: Refugio Las Rocas, home to a pilot digester project, is located on Huanya Potosi in Las Paz, Bolivia. Photos by J. Marti-Herrero. The Cold & High Anaerobic Digestion (AD) group (CHAD) is a network of more than 25 international AD specialists spanning Arctic permafrost to the wet highlands of Scotland to the high Andes....
Markets
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Deep Dive Into Bifurcated Composting In California
California Assembly Bill 1201, signed into law in October 2021, requires products that are labeled with the term “compostable” or “home compostable” be designed to be associated with the recovery of desirable organic wastes that are collected for composting and must be an acceptable compost feedstock for organic agriculture under the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Organic Program (NOP).
Climate
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International Compost Alliance To Celebrate World Soil Day
The International Compost Alliance is thrilled to announce its celebration of World Soil Day on December 5th, embracing the global theme for this year, “Soil and water, a source of life.”
Policies + Regulations
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Florida County Imposes Flow Control Rule To Shut Down Community Composter
The Solid Waste Authority (SWA) of Palm Beach County, Florida used cease-and-desist orders and threats of daily fines to shut down Let It Rot, a microhauler and community composter in Palm Beach County.