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Composting Roundup 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle September 2017, Vol. 58, No. 8, p. 16	Residential Organics Diversion In Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 Almost 160,000 tons of source separated organics were collected for anaerobic digestion and/or composting in 2016. About 78% came from households. Peter Gorrie BioCycle August 2017, Vol. 58, No. 7, p. 24
Composting Roundup 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle June 2017, Vol. 58, No. 5, p. 9 2017 Midwest Compost School, Tomato Grower Expands Into Composting, Aminopyralid Contamination Detected In Compost, Pilot Promotes Food Waste Composting, Community Composting Expansion, City’s Compost Achieves OMRI Certification, Household Organics Collection Kicks Off	Hennepin County Residential Food Scraps Diversion 0 0 0 0 0 Municipalities in this Minnesota region offer food scraps collection to households using a voluntary participation approach. Dan Emerson BioCycle May 2017, Vol. 58, No. 4, p. 28
Composting Roundup 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle March/April 2017, Vol. 58, No. 3, p. 15	Food Waste Collection Truck Innovations 0 0 0 0 0 Manufacturers are responding to the increased demand for vehicles that can service commercial and residential source separated organics collection. Barbara Hesselgrave BioCycle February 2017, Vol. 58, No. 2, p. 24
Testing Household Food Scraps Collection Methods 0 0 0 0 0 Two northern Virginia municipalities evaluate options to divert residential food scraps — from 24/7 drop-off to curbside collection. Marsha Johnston BioCycle January 2017, Vol. 58, No. 1, p. 28 This content is for subscribers only. Please login to view this content. (Register here.)	Big Apple Goes Big On Organics Recycling 0 0 0 0 0 New York City’s Sanitation Department is making headway in its commitment to expand organics collection to serve all New York City residents by the end of 2018. Nora Goldstein BioCycle January 2017, Vol. 58, No. 1, p. 38
Bike Powered Food Scraps Collection 0 0 1 0 0 Services utilizing bikes pulling trailers are starting up all over the U.S. Entrepreneurs share lessons learned. Virginia Streeter and Brenda Platt BioCycle January 2017, Vol. 58, No. 1, p. 46	Food Scraps Collection In A Rural County 0 0 0 0 0 Emmet County, Michigan conducted commercial food and floral scraps collection pilots in 2015 and 2016. Tonnages diverted increased by close to 50 percent this year. Craig Coker and Elisa Seltzer BioCycle December 2016, Vol. 57, No. 11, p. 16 This content is for subscribers only. Please login to view this content. (Register here.)
Composting Roundup 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle October 2016, Vol. 57, No. 9, p. 11	Growing Community Collection And Composting In Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 City Sprouts and Bennett Compost service households and businesses with food scraps collection, and compost most of the organics at their small-scale operations. Nora Goldstein BioCycle October 2016, Vol. 57, No. 9, p. 35
Composting Roundup 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle September 2016, Vol. 57, No. 8, p. 15	Solution Driven Organics Recycler 0 0 0 0 0 Ag Choice hauls, depackages and produces animal feed and compost. Founders Jay and Jill Fischer embrace new opportunities, and then figure out how to maximize efficiencies and profitability. Nora Goldstein BioCycle September 2016, Vol. 57, No. 8, p. 26
Compostable Products And Postconsumer Food Scraps 0 0 0 0 0 A recent blog exchange between a restaurant group and its organics collection service captures the challenges and opportunities around postconsumer food scraps diversion. Nora Goldstein BioCycle August 2016, Vol. 57, No. 7, p. 21	Organics Recovery On Rise At University Of Alberta 0 0 0 0 0 University utilizing a “characterize-implement-evaluate-adjust” approach to its Zero Waste pilot projects to optimize program performance and diversion. Part II S. Leblanc, J. Kwasny, K. Yan and D. McCartney BioCycle August 2016, Vol. 57, No. 7, p. 24 This content is for subscribers only. Please login to view this content. (Register here.)
Small-Scale Composter Grows With Food Scraps 0 0 0 0 0 New England Compost has been steadily growing its collection and composting service since featured in BioCycle last fall. Dan Emerson BioCycle August 2016, Vol. 57, No. 7, p. 35	Commercial Food Waste Collection Assessment 0 0 0 0 0 Planning council explores voluntary and collaborative approaches with generators, collectors and processors to increase food waste recycling in the Houston-Galveston region. E. Livingston, C. Mergo, S. Crain and M. Sines BioCycle July 2016, Vol. 57, No. 6, p. 26
BioCycle Portals To Organics Recycling In U.S. & Canada 0 0 0 0 0 Updated BioCycle FindAComposter.com and the brand new BioCycle FindADigester.com and FindOrganicsHauler.com are launched and open for listings. Nora Goldstein BioCycle June 2016, Vol. 57, No. 5, p. 16	Plate To Garden Compost Program 0 0 0 0 0 Minnesota Composting Council’s Plate To Garden Compost program gives schools and organizations participating in SSO diversion an opportunity to sell finished compost as a fundraiser. Marcus Zbinden, Anne Ludvik and Jake Duame BioCycle May 2016, Vol. 57, No. 4, p. 18
University Of Alberta Strives For Zero Waste 0 0 0 0 0 Campus analyzes costs, collection systems and logistics to increase diversion of organics, which will be processed at City of Edmonton’s new AD facility. Part I J. Kwasny, S. Leblanc, K. Yan and D. McCartney BioCycle May 2016, Vol. 57, No. 4, p. 21 This content is for subscribers only. Please login to view this content. (Register here.)	Organically Growing Organics Collection 0 0 0 0 0 Cleveland’s Rust Belt Riders started out with bikes and trailers, and gradually expanded to cart-based food scraps collection to service a growing number of commercial enterprises. Claire Siegrist BioCycle May 2016, Vol. 57, No. 4, p. 33
Finding Common Ground In Quest For Clean Organics 0 0 0 0 0 A compost manufacturer and a consumer packaged goods manufacturer collaborate on a compostable bag research trial in Washington State. Susan Thoman and Jeff Zettle BioCycle May 2016, Vol. 57, No. 4, p. 35	Tackling Contamination In Food Scraps Stream 0 0 0 0 0 Workgroup in Washington State that includes local officials, organics recyclers and food and packaging industry representatives is identifying solutions to contaminant reduction. Craig Coker BioCycle March/April 2016, Vol. 57, No. 3, p. 29
Composting Roundup 1 0 0 1 1 BioCycle January 2016, Vol. 57, No. 1 p.14	Food Scraps Service For Urban Dwellers 0 0 0 0 0 Bootstrap Compost started out collecting household food scraps via bicycles and has expanded into cargo vans and commercial organics. Dan Emerson BioCycle January 2016, Vol. 57, No. 1 p.21
Residential Food Scraps Drop Off 0 0 0 0 0 Tompkins County, New York is utilizing Drop Spots to offer food scraps diversion to residents, an economic option enabling more household participation. Nora Goldstein BioCycle January 2016, Vol. 57, No. 1 p.26 This content is for subscribers only. Please login to view this content. (Register here.)	Doubling Residential Organics Diversion With Pay-As-You-Throw 0 0 0 0 0 A mandate in Vermont that requires variable rate pricing for residential solid waste collection and disposal went into effect on July 1. So far, it’s benefitted food waste recycling. Robert Spencer BioCycle September 2015, Vol. 56, No. 8, p. 42 This content is for subscribers only. Please login to view this content. (Register here.)
Controlling Contamination In Collected Organics 0 0 0 0 0 The Washington Department of Ecology, local governments and composters are working together to identify reasons behind increasing amounts of physical contamination and ways to reduce it. Mary Harrington BioCycle July 2015, Vol. 56, No. 6, p. 22	Composting Roundup 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle May 2015, Vol. 56, No. 4, p. 12
San Diego Hotel Goes Big On Sustainability 0 0 0 0 0 Hotel with over 1,000 guest rooms is diverting close to 400 tons annually of preconsumer food trimmings and postconsumer food scraps. Ana Carvalho BioCycle February 2015, Vol. 56, No. 2, p. 30	BioCycle Nationwide Survey: Residential Food Waste Collection In The U.S. 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle identified 198 communities with curbside collection of food scraps, representing 2.74 million households spread out over 19 states. Part II Rhodes Yepsen BioCycle January 2015, Vol. 56, No. 1, p. 53
New York City Organics Collection 0 1 0 0 0 Two-year pilot program to collect residential and school source separated organics is into its second year. This update reviews progress, challenges and next steps. Bridget Anderson BioCycle January 2015, Vol. 56, No. 1, p. 64	Organics Recycler Services Midwest Region 0 0 0 1 0 With almost 30 years of organics processing under its belt, Iowa-based Chamness Technology manages a variety of feedstocks in several states. Dan Emerson BioCycle January 2015, Vol. 56, No. 1, p. 25
Composting Roundup 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle December 2014, Vol. 55, No. 11, p. 12	Managing Fall Leaves In Victoria, British Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 The City Parks Division has taken steps to reduce the carbon footprint of its annual leaf collection as well as expanded applications for finished compost and leaf mulch. Ken Hilchey BioCycle October 2014, Vol. 55, No. 9, p. 27
Taking States’ Pulse On Residential Food Waste Collection 0 0 0 0 0 State composting, recycling and/or solid waste officials provide perspectives on adoption of curbside collection and composting of source separated residential food scraps. Part I Rhodes Yepsen BioCycle October 2014, Vol. 55, No. 9, p. 39 This content is for subscribers only. Please login to view this content. (Register here.)	Food Waste Collection Innovations 0 0 0 0 0 Source separating food waste for diversion to composting and anaerobic digestion is in full swing, leading to innovations in equipment to service the programs. Nora Goldstein BioCycle July 2014, Vol. 55, No. 6, p. 46
Composting Roundup 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle June 2014, Vol. 55, No. 5, p. 12	Food Scraps Diversion Goes To School 0 0 0 0 0 Beginning with the youngest, more and more residents are learning to source separate organics in Charleston County, South Carolina. Nate Clark BioCycle May 2014, Vol. 55, No. 4, p. 21
Rolling Out A Statewide Organics Ban 0 0 0 0 0 Vermont’s Act 148 makes state first in the nation to mandate residential food scraps recycling and pay-as-you-throw solid waste collection to incentivize diversion. Robert Spencer BioCycle March/April 2014, Vol. 55, No. 3, p. 82	California City Advances Commercial Organics Recycling 0 0 0 0 0 City of Cupertino receives U.S. EPA Innovation Award for integrating its ambitious food waste reduction goals with its waste hauler. Molly Farrell Tucker BioCycle January 2014, Vol. 55, No. 1, p. 36
War Veteran Succeeds On The Composting Front 0 0 0 0 0 Unable to find a desirable job after returning from Iraq, Justen Garrity decided to open a composting business on a Maryland farm where he employs veterans and their family members. Molly Farrell Tucker BioCycle December 2013, Vol. 54, No. 12, p. 16	Composting Roundup 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle November 2013, Vol. 54, No. 11, p. 11 • Minden, Nevada: Composting On The Ranch • Malmo, Sweden: Online Composting University • Upper Marlboro, Maryland: Food Waste Composting Pilot Project • Cambridge, Massachusetts: Curbside Residential Food Waste Collection Pilot • Bennington, Vermont: Hauler Expands To Food Waste Composting • Okeechobee, Florida: Indoor, Industrial-Scale Composting On Tribal Land • Lansing, Michigan: Bill To Repeal Yard Trimmings Ban Defeated
Sacramento Food Waste Digester Fuels Collection Fleet 0 0 0 0 0 An anaerobic digestion facility that expects to be processing 100 tons/day of source separated organics by 2014 is already fueling 10 trucks daily with renewable CNG. Nora Goldstein BioCycle July 2013, Vol. 54, No. 7, p. 56	Food Waste Collection Trucks And Lifts 0 0 0 0 0 Haulers, as well as manufacturers of trailers, floors and lifts used to collect and transport food waste, are experiencing growing demand for their services and equipment. Nora Goldstein BioCycle July 2013, Vol. 54, No. 7, p. 33
Alternate Weekly Waste Collections Work 0 0 0 0 0 In the United Kingdom, 299 out of 406 local authorities have introduced alternate weekly collection of household refuse. Many combine it with weekly collection of food waste. David Riggle BioCycle July 2013, Vol. 54, No. 7, p. 52 This content is for subscribers only. Please login to view this content. (Register here.)	Rural Communities And Single Stream Adoption 0 0 0 0 0 Survey data shows households prefer transporting recyclables to the transfer station and sorting them there, and favor programs that increase the community recycling rate. Christopher Wright and John M. Halstead BioCycle April 2013, Vol. 54, No. 4, p. 40 This content is for subscribers only. Please login to view this content. (Register here.)
Composting Roundup 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle April 2013, Vol. 54, No. 4, p. 12	Residential Food Waste Collection In The U.S. — BioCycle Nationwide Survey 0 0 0 0 0 Growth of residential food waste collection in the U.S. is steady, with existing programs seeking to increase household participation. Rhodes Yepsen BioCycle March 2013, Vol. 54, No. 3, p. 23 This expanded online version included expanded tables with additional program details as well as additional information about municipal programs.
BioCycle World 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle November 2012, Vol. 53, No. 11, p. 6	Composting Roundup 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle October 2012, Vol. 53, No. 10, p. 12
Making The Move To Alternate Week Trash Collection 0 0 0 0 0 Biweekly garbage collection is being implemented to increase recycling and either introduce or enhance the diversion of source separated organic wastes. Peter Gorrie BioCycle August 2012, Vol. 53, No. 8, p. 25 This content is for subscribers only. Please login to view this content. (Register here.)	Fresh Composting Start In Guelph, Ontario 0 0 0 0 0 BioCycle April 2012, Vol. 53, No. 4, p. 37 New facility is designed to process 33,000 tons/year of source separated organics from residential curbside collection. This content is for subscribers only. Please login to view this content. (Register here.)
Residential Food Waste Collection In The U.S. 0 0 0 0 0 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 BioCycle January 2012, Vol. 53, No. 1, p. 23