Composting, Renewable Energy & Sustainability

Incorporating Depackaging Into Operation Managing contamination and expanding accepted materials
Moving The Needle On Biogas To RNG Brightmark's growth trajectory in the AD and RNG space
Regenerative Agriculture Needs Recycled Organics For soils to be healthy, inputs have to equal the outputs

Lessons In Community Composting: Collection and Processing — Growth And Insights

Community Composting can be done at different scales depending on business focus, location and goals for growth. The various methods and systems make each operation unique. Part III
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AD Update: RINs “Hardship Waivers”

The Tenth Circuit’s decision invalidating most small refinery” waivers triggers familiar tidal waves.
Michael H. Levin
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Remembering Eliot Epstein — Mentor And Composting Scientist

It is only fitting that we give tribute to Dr. Epstein’s legacy as a world-renowned scientist, visionary, teacher, mentor, friend and family man.
Todd Williams
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Live And In Person … Telling Our Organics Recycling Stories

In January, Ryan Cooper and Katie Kinnear of Rubicon® visited BioCycle’s office in Emmaus, Pennsylvania (PA), to learn more about our company’s history and to get our take on all things organics recycling — from source reduction to zero waste, with a focus on food. Rubicon is a technology company that provides smart waste and recycling solutions to businesses and governments worldwide.
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California’s SB 1383 Requires Water Efficient Landscapes

At a workshop at BioCycle’s WEST COAST18 Conference in March 2018 titled, “Compost & Digestate Volumes Are Increasing — Are California Markets Ready?,” MWELO was recognized as a tool for compost market development, but one that wasn’t strictly enforced. With California’s SB 1383 Short-Live Climate Pollutants Reduction Act requiring compost and mulch procurement by jurisdictions, use of the ordinance may increase.
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NYS Organics Summit Webinar Recordings

Like many planned events this spring, the annual New York State (NYS) Organics Summit, sponsored by the New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling, was cancelled. Instead, several sessions planned for the Summit were held as webinars throughout May. The recordings of each webinar are now available.
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Incorporating Depackaging Into Composting Operation

Missouri Organics Recycling has been composting food waste since 2005. It recently invested in a depackaging system to manage contamination and expand the range of materials accepted.
Kevin Anderson and Stan Slaughter
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Biogas-To-RNG Project Developer Is Ready To Move The Needle

BioCycle interviewed Bob Powell, founder and CEO of Brightmark, about his company’s growth trajectory in the anaerobic digestion and RNG space.
Nora Goldstein
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Compostable Resins Company Celebrates 30th Year

Novamont, based in Novara, Italy, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The bioplastics company, which creates biochemicals and bioproducts, focuses on the integration of chemistry, agriculture and the environment.
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Policies To Put Carbon Back In Soils

Carbon 180, the Center for Carbon Renewal, spent the last 3 years working with producers, local organizations, and policymakers in the Rocky Mountain states to understand how policies and science can modernize to support practices that put carbon back into soils.
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