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Biosolids, Policies + Regulations

Scientific Rebuttal To EPA Inspector General Report On Pollutants In Biosolids

The Needham yard trimmings composting facility, located at the town’s transfer station, began taking source separated commercial organics in 2009. Yard trimmings are mixed in a 3-4:1 ratio with food scraps using a front-end loader (above) and put into windrows. Compost (left) is typically ready for curing and screening in about 3.5 months.

Food Waste, Policies + Regulations

What’s On Tap For Organics Recycling In Massachusetts?

Composting, Food Waste, Policies + Regulations

Washington State’s Compost Procurement Law

Composting, Operations, Policies + Regulations

USCC Applies For Stand-Alone Industry Code

BioCycle Energy

AD & Biogas, Policies + Regulations

EPA Rule Not Great For Clean Power

AD & Biogas, Policies + Regulations

State Of Play In Renewable Fuels Market

AD & Biogas, Policies + Regulations

2019 Renewable Fuel Standard Update

AD & Biogas, Markets, Policies + Regulations

Deep Dive Into Danish Biogas

Trucks, each carrying 9,000 gallons of manure, connect to massive pumps and point source odor control equipment to offload into holding tanks. The trucks are cleaned and washed, then reloaded with liquid digestate.

AD & Biogas, Policies + Regulations

Something Is Very Right In Denmark

Farm Aid’s 30th Anniversary Concert was held at the FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island last summer. It was the venue’s first experience collecting a compostables stream (green bin with green bag, above and at left). Farm Aid requires that all food service items coming into contact with food be compostable.

Climate, Composting, Operations, Policies + Regulations

Farm Aid Plants Seeds Of Sustainability

Nicole Civita & Erin Shirl

Food Waste, Policies + Regulations

Commentary: Law of Food Conservation

South Carolina compost regulation snapshot

Composting, Policies + Regulations

Building Flexibility Into Composting Rule

Forest County Potawatomi Community, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Photos courtesy of Wisconsin State Energy Office

AD & Biogas, Policies + Regulations

Moving Wisconsin’s Biogas Industry Forward

Composting, Connections, Policies + Regulations

Connections: Mud Pies

In response to the Province of Nova Scotia’s ban on disposal of compostable organic materials in 1997, almost all municipalities launched 3-stream curbside collection programs.

Composting, Policies + Regulations

Pioneering An Organics Disposal Ban

AD & Biogas, Policies + Regulations

BioEnergy Outlook: Political Chatter

The Maryland Department of the Environment notes that the recycling rate for yard trimmings was 70.9 percent in 2012, while the recycling rate for food waste was about 8.5 percent. Veteran Compost (facility above) in Aberdeen, Maryland composts food waste with ground wood.

Composting, Policies + Regulations

Organics Recycling In Maryland

Over 90 food waste AD facilities are in operation in the United Kingdom, such as the one near Bridgwater, England (shown above during construction), with many more in the pipeline.

AD & Biogas, Policies + Regulations

Anaerobic Digestion In The UK — 2015 Update