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Compostable Resins Company Celebrates 30th Year 0 0 0 0 0 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.	Editorial: Pandemic-Induced Organics Recycling 1 4 1 0 0 We hope that everyone is staying healthy during this ongoing COVID 19 pandemic. Business as usual is anything but usual, as all of you are likely experiencing as well. Nora Goldstein
Connections: Why Regenerative Agriculture Needs Recycled Organics 8 1 0 0 0 The importance of recycled organics in regenerative agriculture needs to be understood, not only by the municipalities that manage the feedstocks, but also by climate strategists and most importantly, state and federal agencies. Part VII Sally Brown	How Much Do Organics Recycling Businesses Contribute To Australia’s Economy? 0 0 1 0 0 A new report commissioned by the Australian Organics Recycling Association finds 7.5 million metric tons of organics recycled, putting more than $2 billion into the country’s economy.
Commentary: Composting Is Path Forward In Post Corona World 2 2 1 0 0 It’s good for the environment and empowers us to live our values. And it’s the composting mindset that will get us through the pandemic. Jeremy Brosowsky	Connections: What’s Cooking? 0 0 0 1 0 Finding the ingredients to make a potting mix that plants will love from Class A digested biosolids entails trying a range of recipes, sniff tests and parameter measuring. Sally Brown
California’s SB 1383 Compost And Mulch Procurement Factsheets 0 0 0 0 0 The regulations for California Senate Bill 1383 (SB 1383), the Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Reduction Act, are in the final public comment period, established to review “nonsubstantive” changes that do not impact the scope of the regulations.	Market Opportunities For Biosolids 0 0 0 0 0 A new study, “North American Biosolids Management Market, Forecast to 2024,” examines growth opportunities for biosolids products.
Connections: Too Much Nitrogen To Eat 1 2 0 0 1 We’ve gone from famine to feast when it comes to nutrients to help plants grow. One example is nitrogen. Here’s a climate-smart strategy to wean off synthetic N by using the N in recycled organics. Sally Brown	Lessons In Community Composting: Business Focus And Structure 1 1 2 1 0 Determining focus generally starts by seeing a need in the community and wanting to provide a solution. The structure supports your overall mission and enables it to scale over time. Plus a COVID-19 update. Part II Molly Lindsay
Connections: Irrigation + Compost Math 0 0 0 0 0 How much does adding compost to production agriculture soils reduce irrigation needs? Let’s do the math. Part V.2 Sally Brown	Many Ways To Celebrate Compost In 2020 2 1 0 0 0 Environmental and recycling businesses, organizations, community groups and individuals around the U.S. are making plans to celebrate the annual International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW), May 3-9, 2020.
Connections: Why Compost Is Cheapest Irrigation System 1 6 2 0 0 The bottom line is more organic matter means that the soil holds more water. Part V.1 Sally Brown	Seattle’s Winning Strategy For Managing Organics 0 0 0 0 0 When programs, garbage collection fees, or regulations cause households to move organics out of the garbage cart and into the organics cart, costs for managing MSW go down. Jeffrey Morris
Book Review: “The Waste Between Our Ears” 2 0 0 0 0 In times of rising heat, fire and rising waters, this new book by Gerry Gillespie presents recycling and composting as the means to achieve a zero waste economy. Neil Seldman	Readers Respond: COVID-19 And Organics Recycling 0 0 0 0 0 The BioCycle Community replies to Sally Brown
Letter To The BioCycle Community: COVID-19 And Organics Recycling 8 3 1 0 0 Our existing knowledge of the behavior of coronaviruses in the environment can be applied to the current outbreak. Sally Brown	Composting Business Management: Composter Tool For Triple Bottom Line Assessment 0 0 1 0 0 TBL is a nonfinancial analytical tool that uses economic, environmental and social criteria to answer the question: “Is this a good long-term investment?” Part V Craig Coker
Modify, Don’t Rescind Bag Bans 0 0 0 0 0 The City of Seattle, Washington has had ordinances restricting use of plastic bags and food service packaging for many years. In a notification to parties required to comply with the rules, Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) acknowledges that the COVID-19 crisis is impacting grocery and other food service retailer operations and may temporarily affect compliance with requirements.	BPI, AgSTAR Announcements 0 0 0 0 0 The Biodegradable Products Institute’s (BPI) Stakeholder Members are entities with an interest in BPI’s mission and the broader effort to keep organics out of landfills, but who don’t currently certify materials, products or packaging.
Organic On The Front Line Of California’s Climate Resilience 0 2 0 0 0 Fundamentally, organic farming practices, including use of compost, build healthy soils that store carbon and water — and yield food that builds healthy people. Nora Goldstein	Composting Business Management: Net Present Value Of Composting Expenditures 0 0 0 0 0 Steps to compare costs when evaluating alternatives for significant expenditures such as site development or an equipment purchase. Part IV Craig Coker
COVID-19 Resources For Organics Recycling Operations 1 0 0 0 0 Ireland’s Cré, the Mid-Atlantic Biosolids Association (MABA), and the US Composting Council (USCC) provided their members with links to valuable guidance for managers and employees of composting and anaerobic digestion facilities, wastewater treatment plants, and biosolids recycling programs. We’ve compiled them for easy access.	ISWA Global Assessment Of Municipal Organics 0 0 0 0 0 The International Solid Waste Association’s Working Group on the Biological Treatment of Waste (WGBTW) released the Global Assessment Of Municipal Organic Waste Production And Recycling in mid-March, authored by Marco Ricci-Jürgensen, Jane Gilbert and Aditi Ramola. The report summarizes global estimates of the amount of organic solid wastes produced — principally from municipal origin — and separately collected (source segregated) and treated through a composting and/or anaerobic digestion process.
Composting Business Management: Composting Facility Operating Cost Estimates 0 1 0 0 0 Composting is essentially a materials handling exercise. It takes a certain amount of time, at a certain cost, to perform each task in the compost manufacturing process. Part III Craig Coker	Urban Compost Math — Calculating Carbon Offsets 0 1 0 0 0 Research study modeled likely rates of carbon sequestration for urban uses of compost. Applications included growing lawns, trees, urban agriculture and for use alongside urban roadways. Sally Brown
NYC City Council To Consider Mandatory Organics Recycling 0 0 0 0 0 The New York City Council issued a policy paper this month, “Securing Our Future: Strategies for NYC in the Fight Against Climate Change,” that focuses on four key areas: Resiliency; Energy and Emissions; Sustainable, Circular Economy; and Green Jobs Pipeline.	PFAS At Minnesota Composting Sites 0 1 0 0 0 State releases findings of contact water testing at source separated organics and yard trimmings only composting sites.
Composting Business Management: Capital Cost Of Composting Facility Construction 1 0 0 0 0 Main categories include site development, and equipment for processing and process monitoring. Part II Craig Coker	Biogas, Compost In Proposed Ag Resilience Act 1 0 1 0 0 On Feb. 26, 2020, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) introduced the Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA), comprehensive legislation that sets a vision of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in U.S. agriculture by the year 2040.
Composting Business Management: Revenue Forecasts For Composters 1 0 0 0 0 Article series provides business tools to evaluate financial and nonfinancial factors related to starting, managing and growing composting facilities. Part I Craig Coker	Connections: Compost — When You Can’t Decay In Place 1 0 0 1 0 Adding recycled organics to soils lets them work in overdrive — enabling them to accomplish the tasks set out for soils in the Drawdown list. Part III Sally Brown
Composting Foundation’s Research Scholarships Available 0 0 0 0 0 The Composting Council Research & Education Foundation (CCREF) is offering scholarships to undergraduate through PhD students studying at a college or university in the U.S. interested in doing compost-related research projects.	EPA Releases PFAS Action Plan 1 0 0 1 0 The U.S. EPA has taken several steps to implement its PFAS Action Plan aimed at protecting drinking water.
Connections: Compost And Methane Avoidance 1 2 0 0 0 How compost earned its #60 ranking in Drawdown. Part II Sally Brown	26 Years Of Compost Week In Canada 1 0 0 0 0 Compost Week got its start in 1995 in part when the Compost Council of Canada (CCC) turned the popularity of a great image that became a sweatshirt as speakers’ gifts at a workshop into “COMPOST AWARENESS WEEK”, recalls Susan Antler, Executive Director of CCC.
School Waste Characterization Study 1 0 0 0 0 To get a more concrete idea about solid waste composition at the schools, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) characterized the solid waste generated throughout one day at 6 public schools in the state.	Connections: Can Compost Draw Down Carbon? 2 5 0 0 1 Series examines all the ways compost reduces CO2 in the atmosphere. Part I Sally Brown
Design Plans For Low Cost Rotary Drum 0 0 1 1 0 A low-tech rotary drum composting unit to compost food waste is in use at several schools. The design is free to download. Bob Spencer	Veteran Compost Hits 10-Year Milestone 5 1 2 1 1 Compost manufacturer collects commercial and residential food waste in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metro areas. Nora Goldstein
Ann Arbor Keeps Residents Informed About PFAS 0 0 0 0 0 The City of Ann Arbor, Michigan’s Compost Facility PFAS Fact Sheet — “Keeping Our Customers Informed About PFAS” — includes frequently asked questions about PFAS in compost.	Composting Roundup 0 1 0 0 0 • CompostNow Raises $2 Million • Rolling Out Residential Collection In Wisconsin
Equipment News 0 0 0 0 0 • Agitated Bay Biosolids Facility Back On Line	Financing Composting Infrastructure 1 2 4 0 0 South Carolina-based Atlas Organics, Inc. has funded its early and growth stages with venture/private equity capital investments. Nora Goldstein
Composting Roundup 0 0 0 0 0 • Cafeteria To Composting In Massachusetts Schools • New Composting Infrastructure In Pennsylvania • University To Compost Food Waste In 2020	Paying For PFAS Clean Up 0 0 0 0 0 Ned Beecher, Special Projects Manager at the North East Biosolids & Residuals Association (nebiosolids.org), has spent the bulk of the past several years in the land of PFAS, educating the organics recycling community, regulators, and many others about these complex and pervasive compounds.
Top 10 Composting Trends In 2020 5 13 5 1 0 Organics disposal bans and tackling contamination are among the leading trends, nationally and regionally. Nora Goldstein & Craig Coker	Connections: Compost + Cannabis 1 1 1 0 0 While indoor growing may be done in the blindingly bright light, the industry as a whole is just coming out from the shadows. As an industry, composters can work with cannabis growers to reduce their environmental footprint and even improve product quality. Sally Brown
Composting Roundup 1 0 0 0 0 • Applying Compost For Carbon Sequestration • Collecting, Composting Food Waste On Martha’s Vineyard • 2019 USCC Awardees • Persistent Herbicide Use Is Persisting	Composting And Anaerobic Digestion Infrastructure Investment Insights 0 0 0 0 0 Infrastructure news in December 2019 highlights organics recycling opportunities. BioCycle December 2019
Commentary: Compostable Products Have A Role 1 1 0 0 1 The reason that “Recycle” is one of the 3 R’s is that single-use packaging cannot be eliminated overnight. Recycling can be part of the broader solution, so long as we are actually keeping the material out of landfills and the environment, and getting it authentically recycled or composted. BioCycle December 2019	Composting Roundup 0 1 1 0 0 BioCycle November/December 2019
Is Your Yard Trimmings Composting Site Food Waste Ready? 0 0 0 1 2 A new Community Toolkit walks municipal officials and facility operators through a series of considerations to determine if introducing food waste streams is a good fit. Nora Goldstein and Coryanne Mansell BioCycle November/December 2019	Compost And Plant Disease Suppression 3 2 2 0 3 A microbial, community ecology approach to design compost amendments creates more reliable and resilient methods to suppress globally distributed soilborne pathogens. Deborah A. Neher BioCycle November/December 2019
Comparison Of Compost Laboratory Results 0 0 0 0 0 Identical samples of two composts were sent to 6 labs for testing and analysis. Results highlight differences between using the national TMECC standards versus other test methods. Charles Duprey BioCycle November/December 2019	BioCycle Trailblazers Finale: Biowaste Composting Trailblazers in Germany And Austria 0 0 1 0 1 Source separated organics collection and composting in Europe, and establishing standards for compost, were pioneered by these BioCycle Trailblazers. Johannes Biala BioCycle November/December 2019
Composting Roundup 1 0 0 0 0 BioCycle September/October 2019	Innovating To Reduce Phosphorus Impacts 0 0 0 0 0 Two companies are demonstrating the integration of composting and filtration technologies for the Vermont Phosphorus Innovation Challenge. Brian Jerose BioCycle September/October 2019
Composting In Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 Composting agro-industrial residuals — from livestock manure to sugarcane sludges — is on the rise, with compost utilized for agricultural production. M.J. L. Beltrame, K. Goldschmidt Beltrame and F. Carvalho Oliveira BioCycle September/October 2019	BioCycle International Trailblazer: Australia 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle August 2019
Composting Roundup 1 0 0 0 0 BioCycle August 2019	BioCycle Trailblazers 0 0 0 0 0 In BioCycle’s 60th Anniversary Commemorative Edition (July 2019), you met Trailblazers in the U.S. and Canada. We continue our tributes to BioCycle Trailblazers, both in the U.S. and internationally. More installments are anticipated before the end of our 60th year. BioCycle August 2019
BioCycle Trailblazer: Mary Appelhof, Earthworm Educator 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle August 2019	Closed Loop Composting System In Wyoming 0 1 0 1 0 Signal Mountain Lodge partnership with farm results in a closed loop for food waste composting in the Grand Tetons. Ana Carvalho BioCycle August 2019
Front Of House Organics Collection 0 1 0 0 0 Food scraps and napkins made up at least 57 percent of the contents of the composting bin in every sector, contrary to the belief that FOH collections are mostly packaging. Kate Bailey and Brenna Raeder BioCycle August 2019	BioCycle Trailblazers: Brenda Platt and Neil Seldman, Institute for Local Self-Reliance 1 0 0 1 0 BioCycle August 2019
Food Scraps Composting Grows In Illinois 0 0 1 0 0 Over a dozen composting sites accept food waste, sparking expansion of residential, commercial and institutional diversion programs. Marsha Johnston BioCycle August 2019	BioCycle International Trailblazers: Italy 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle August 2019
Connections: The Maggots’ Buffet 0 1 0 1 0 Sally Brown BioCycle August 2019	BioCycle International Trailblazer: Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle August 2019
Composting Roundup 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle July 2019	BioCycle Trailblazers 0 0 0 0 0 Organics Recycling has come light years from the founding of Compost Science — BioCycle’s original name — in 1960. Thank you to the BioCycle Trailblazers who have given us the tools and practices to forge ahead in 2019. BioCycle July 2019
BioCycle Trailblazers: Jerome Goldstein and Clarence Golueke, PhD 0 0 0 0 0 Two individuals credited with blazing trails in organics recycling are Jerome (Jerry) Goldstein, founding editor of BioCycle in 1960, and Dr. Clarence Golueke of the University of California, fondly remembered as the “Grandfather of Composting.” BioCycle July 2019	BioCycle Trailblazer: Roger Tim Haug, PhD 0 0 0 0 0 Roger Tim Haug, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Loyola Marymount University BioCycle July 2019
BioCycle Trailblazer: Sally Brown, PhD, University of Washington 0 0 0 0 0 Sally Brown is a woman with many talents and achievements. BioCycle July 2019	BioCycle Trailblazer: Francis (Frank) Gouin, PhD 0 0 0 0 0 Francis (Frank) Gouin, PhD (1938-2018), Emeritus Professor, University of Maryland BioCycle July 2019
BioCycle Trailblazer: H. Clay Kellogg, Jr. 0 0 0 0 0 H. Clay (Hi) Kellogg, Jr. — and his father before him as well as his wife and children with and after him — built a very successful company selling sewage sludge and recovering other organic materials in southern California. BioCycle July 2019	BioCycle Trailblazer: Harry A. Hoitink, PhD, The Ohio State University 0 0 0 0 0 “The Man Who Discovered The ‘Divine Materials’ In Compost” BioCycle July 2019
BioCycle Trailblazers: Barrie Cogburn and Scott McCoy, TxDOT and TCEQ 0 0 0 0 0 Dynamic duo and a beautiful friendship BioCycle July 2019	BioCycle Trailblazers: USDA-EPA Aerated Static Pile Team 0 0 0 0 0 Their incredible body of research was the lynchpin of the U.S. composting industry that persists today. BioCycle July 2019