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Reports on the cooperative activity for recycling the waste paper products of the Bay View Federal Bank building tenants in San Anselmo, California. Cooperation with the 4R (reduce, reuse, recycle, restore) program by the San Anselmo Refuse and Recycling and the San Anselmo Solid Waste; Methods of separating waste paper products.

Provides information on the American Resource Recovery (ARR) vermicomposting operation in Newark, California. Discussion of the use of charred paper as a component of compost; Process of vermicomposting of feedstocks; Production capacity of ARR.

Presents news briefs on composting in the United States as of August 2000. Diverting food residuals and solid paper from Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California; Information on the Industrial Materials Exchanges in King County, Washington; Trials done on a compost unit in Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Reports that the city of San Jose in California hopes to build on the success of its residential yard trimmings recycling program by composting food residuals and nonrecyclable paper. Vermicomposting project at the University of California's Bay Area Research and Extension Center; Role of Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc. in the project; Permits required for the recycling program. INSETS: VERMICOMPOSTING PILOT;COMPOST PRODUCT ANALYSIS.

Reports on the approval by the Compost Agricultural Steering Committee of the California Organics Recycling Council of a set of compost quality guidelines for general agricultural use by compost producers. Applicability to compost products made from any feedstock such as clean yard trimmings, food scraps, paper, wood, biosolids and other municipal solid waste (MSW) materials.

Reports on the triple increase in recyclables and yard trimmings collections in the West Valley area of Santa Clara County in California in 1995 as a result of program expansions. Addition of mixed paper collections in the curbside recycling program; Municipalities included in the program; Adoption of a variable rate refuse fee by certain municipalities.