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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is offering grants to local governments, non-profits, and businesses to develop food waste reduction infrastructure. The grants, which range from $40,000 to $60,000, support projects such as expanding food donation networks, establishing organics recycling operations, and renovating facilities. Priority is given to projects that align with the state's waste reduction goals. Applications for the grants are open until October 25, 2024. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on water resource recovery facilities have substantial untapped capacity for codigestion but have been slow to incorporate food scraps as feedstock due to several impediments. Topics include the food scraps are typically managed through the solid waste system and thus are less familiar than fats, oils and greases and the municipal solid waste agencies traditionally have not collected them separately.

The City of Grand Junction, Colorado has received funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expand its food waste collection and diversion efforts. The grant, totaling $126,506, will be used to collect and compost food scraps, conduct compost trials, and run an education campaign on the benefits of compost. The city aims to reduce the amount of food waste going to the landfill and promote the use of compost in gardens and agriculture. The Mesa County Solid Waste Management Division is also working on modifying its compost permit to accept food waste and expanding its composting facility. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the City of Lethbridge, Alberta, launching curbside organics collection and composting in Spring 2023. The program aims to divert municipal waste from landfill disposal and is part of the city's goal to achieve a 50% diversion rate, with specific targets for residential and institutional/commercial/industrial sectors by 2030.

The article focuses on the importance of zoning and land use planning in developing a composting facility. Topics discussed include the critical due diligence in siting and approvals analysis, the rapid growth of coal, steel, and manufacturing industries in the aftermath of Industrial Revolution of the 19th century, and the composting regulations issued by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). INSET: COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT.

The article focuses on Eric Paris and his family, who operated Tamarlane Farm in Lyndonville, Vermont, and their successful integration of dairy farm operations with haulers, generators, compost markets and state/regional solid waste programs as part of mandatory food scraps diversion law. It reports on the Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District (NEKWMD) grant awarded to Tamarlane to expand organics processing capacity. It provides an overview of Tamarlane's composting operation in winter.

The article focuses on the establishment of Wilmington Organics Recycling Center (WORC), an urban composting facility, for processing and recycling of food waste and other solid waste in Wilmington, Delaware. It states that the facility, opened by Peninsula Compost Group LLC, provides waste composting average capacity of 550 tons per day. It also notes that the expected maximum daily capacity of the WORC facility is 700 tons of food and construction waste per day by 2010.

The article discusses the efforts by solid waste partners to adopt the business model called water resource recovery facilities (WRRF) vertical integration into food scrap recovery in the U.S. Also cited are the difference between investing in on-site preprocessing capacity and the external sourcing of food scrap slurry through regional solid waste/wastewater partnerships, and the models of sourcing preprocessed food scrap by private anaerobic digestion (AD) developers.

The article discusses a study which examines the accuracy and effectiveness of procedures used to measure the volumes of materials received, processed, and sold at eight composting sites in Ohio. The article breaks down the different procedures used at each different site such as Medina County, Ohio and Columbus, Ohio. Topics include measuring piles of compost, the periodicity of turning compost piles over, and how underground waste is measured. Also discussed is the use of a tub grinder to process waste.

The article provides an overview about the importance of the cooperation of the residents to achieve success in any recycling programs in the community in the U.S. The author mentioned that the success of recycling programs matters on how the community residents reacted regardless on the focused of the scheme. It basically involved educational and awareness campaign. In this regard, the Community-Based Social Marketing (CBSM) was launched to act as an alternative means to traditional information-based publicity.

The article takes a look at two recycling facilities that process construction and demolition (C&D) debris in Massachusetts. Both facilities, the New England Recycling in Taunton and ABC&D Recycling in Ware, process loads of mixed C&D using a system of conveyors, screens, manual picking and grinders to recover newly banned materials. These features are crucial to the two recycling facilities' compliance to a state-imposed ban on the disposal of C& debris that took effect on July 1, 2006. INSET: Q&A ON MASSACHUSETTS C&D SITES.

The article reports on the challenges facing a proposed cocomposting facility in Virginia of complying with state and federal emissions and air quality regulations. The facility will use the aerobic static pile composting process enclosed in a building. It will be a multifeedstock location treating biosolids, industrial residuals, water treatment plant sludges, food processing wastes, agricultural residuals and wood wastes. A biofilter will be used for air exhaust treatment. Details on quantifying air pollution emissions and relevant provisions of the Clean Air Act are discusses in the article.

Discusses innovations in compost facility structures to protect them from corrosion. Transformation of organic feedstocks into compost; Consideration of the number of hourly air-changes a building will require; Reduction of air volume in the concrete building. INSET: CONSTRUCTION EXPEREICES AT A PENNSYLVANIA SITE.

Reports on the operations of the first single stream facility in New England. Design of the equipment to allow the recycling of materials in one container from collections; Ability to process the trash without the need to separate cardboard and paper from plastics, metal and glass; Economic viability; Advantages of a fully automated mechanical system compared to one with human labor; System options.

Discusses structural options for composting facilities. Selection of materials; Protective coatings; Structural elements that prove durable in corrosive environments.

Provides information on sustainable solid waste management and operations of the Texas Disposal System headed by Bob and Jim Gregory. Process of acquiring landfill permit; Discussion on the cost of building a composting facility; Steps undertaken to integrate a recycling facility and costing operation; Estimated revenue generated by the company.

Features the C & D Recyclers, a construction and demolition (C & D) debris processing facility under the Ritchie Cos. in Kansas. Role of a ban on the acceptance of C & D debris at the municipal solid waste transfer station; Partnership between Ritchie Cos. and Wood Recycling and Composting Center; Operations of the facility.

Presents news briefs on recycling in the U.S. as of March 2002. Details of a recycling and composting program for hotel and office buildings in San Francisco, California; Findings on a waste characterization study conducted in Almeda County, California; Grant awarded to RePlace, a recycling center, thrift store and therapy program in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Focuses on the site monitoring and odor control systems at recycling and composting facility operated by Bedminster in the city of Marlborough, Massachusetts. Fees received by Bedminster for processing biosolids and municipal solid waste (MSW) residue; Material handling methods used in the facility; Technologies and techniques used in odor control.

Deals with solid waste management in the city of Guelph in Ontario. Role of the Wet Dry Recycling Center; Collection of wet and dry solid waste in the city; Vehicles used for the collection of wet and dry solid waste.

The article focuses on BioCycle Residential Food Scraps Collection Access Study for programs that provide households access to food scraps collection via curbside service or drop-off sites. Topics discussed include rise in the number of subscription services available for residential food scraps collection; majority of the services responding provide both residential and commercial food scraps collection; and use of ommercial food waste digester.

The article reports on the composting outreach by Instituto Lixo Zero Brazil (ILZ) or Zero Waste Brazil as of September 2021 to promote composting in multifamily dwellings in the country. The ILZ promotes the use of the Lages Composting Sytem (LCS) in the composting of food wastes. Also cited are how Brazilian agronomist Professor Germano Güttler designed the LCS, and how the LCS works based on a natural composting process.

AD & BIOGAS, FACILITIES, FOOD WASTE, OPERATIONS, PREPROCESSING The City of Muscatine, Iowa utilized ingenuity andexisting infrastructure to transition its water pollutioncontrol plant into a Water & Resource Recovery Facility Jon Koch, Director of the City of Muscatine, Iowa Water &Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF), recalls that his path toincreasing codigestion of food waste at the WRRF beganin 2011 when he wanted to stop flaring so much of thebiogas produced by the facility's anaerobic digesters. Preconsumer food waste from area grocery stores istipped onto the floor of the MORC and then put into thedepackager using a front-end loader. [Extracted from the article]

Focuses on trends in materials recovery facilities used in recycling. Changing market forces that affect recycled materials; Evolution of the overall market for waste disposal; Development of cost-effective designs and operations by public and private sector owners of materials recovery facilities in response to volatile markets.

Describes the operations at the materials recovery facility located in Marina, California, which wood wastes and yard trimmings. Quality of wood wastes collected from construction and demolition and land clearing operations; Sorting of contaminants from processing lines; Electric grinding of materials; Continuous market development efforts; Revenues generated from wood processing.

Features the on-site composting facility at the Echo Glen Children's Center in Snoqualmie, Washington. Methods for collecting residual foodstock; Features of Echo Glen's composting system; Assistance from the E&A Environmental Consultants Inc.; Basis for diverting refuse from landfill; Determining composting program costs.

Features various approaches to fire control and prevention used by composting center operators in the United States. Ohio-based Barnes Nursery's use of a loader to isolate smoldering chips; Phoenix, Arizona-based Western Organics' dealing with windrow and storage pile fires; Fire at the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Pilot Composting Facility. INSET: Why spontaneous combustion?.; Advice from a wood recycler....

Features the mistakes made in the operation of the Regional Solid Waste System compost facility in Spokane, Washington State. Features of the facility; Features of the lack of composting expertise in the facility; Details of the complaints made by residents against the facility; Changes made to correct the mistakes and address the complaints.

Offers advice on maximizing the effectiveness of biofilters for odor control at composting facilities. Growth of biofilters in composting facilities; Lessons learned from the use of biofilters; Importance of a wet environment in the biofilter; Tips on minimizing the impact of the spiral effect in the use of biofilters. INSETS: Monitoring biofilter performance.;Thermodynamics 101.;New approaches to biofilter design..

The article presents updates related to composting in the U.S. St. Louis Composting Inc. has acquired the Organic Resource Management Inc. (ORMI), a compositing facility in north St. Louis County in Minnesota. Florida Organics Recycling Center for Excellence (FORCE) has opened its second composting pilot in October 2010. The Wilmington Organic Recycling Center (WORC), owned and operated by Peninsula Compost Co. is accredited as Climate Action Reserve's greenhouse gas offsetting program.

The article focuses on the compost process control of The Compost Factory operated by Pierce County Recycling and Disposal LLC in Washington. It notes that the factory offers yard trimmings and manure and food waste. It points out that its computing process' computer-driven aeration control and monitoring system was designed and supplied by Engineered Compost Systems (ECS). Its team also pulls moisture samples throughout its facility.

The article discusses Jon Koch, Director of the City of Muscatine, Iowa Water & Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF), recalls that his path to increasing codigestion of food waste at the WRRF began in 2011. Topics include the 5.5 million gallon/day treatment plant had been receiving fats, oils and grease (FOG); and the organics processing had to pay in tipping fees without being dependent on the sale of the biogas.

The article offers information on Instituto Lixo Zero Brazil (ILZ), a nonprofit environmental organization that educates community actions, environmental justice, and economic benefits of eliminating waste. Topics discussed include information on residential composting method based on the Lages Composting System (LCS); focus to eliminate the need to take the organic residue to a composting facility; and role of Zero Waste Youth Brazil to research variations of the LCS for residential use.

The article reports that BioCycle celebrates the launch of its website, anchoring transition to a digital media platform.

The article presents news briefs related to biocycle. Topics discussed include fundraising campaign to complete the 2nd National Biosolids Regulation, Quality, End Use, and Disposal Survey, compiling 2018 data; request for proposals for End-Use Markets for Byproducts from the Recycling & Energy Center for vendors that can recover value from the following feedstocks; and information on Isla Vista Compost Collective, a household food scraps collection.

The article discusses outcomes from Seattle, Washington's innovative residential yard trimmings, food waste and food-soiled paper management programs and regulations that incentivize composting over disposal to landfill. Topics discussed include the role of compost in enhancing soil quality and productivity; compost increase storage of carbon in soils and Seattle Public Utilities' (SPU) contracts.

In this article the author talks about the regulations for Senate Bill 1383 (SB 1383), the Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Reduction Act that was signed into law in September 2016, change the way California manages organic waste, on January 21, 2020, after data analysis, and stakeholder meetings and drafting, rewriting, and fine-tuning, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery sent its kind rulemaking package to Office of Administrative Law for official approval.

The article reports on equipment wear, inspections and critical maintenance of municipal solid waste composting plants that utilize the rotary digester technology. Many compost facility design engineers believe a rotary digester that processes municipal solid waste, source separated or mixed, followed by a trommel screen, offers an advantage over other technologies in separating inorganic material from compostable organic wastes. Representatives from composting plants acknowledged that they had operational problems related to cracks in the structural steel shells of their digesters. INSET: Digester Wear And Tear.

The article reports that the Florida Organics Recycling Center for Excellence (FORCE) has become a formidable tool for organics outreach in Florida, relating research and practices that directly impact the state's organics industry. Its Technical Advisory Group brings in state businesses and diverse experts in biosolids, citrus, forestry, golf, horticulture, poultry and sod along with organics generators and processors. The Scientific Advisory Committee members bring backgrounds in heavy metals, bioavailability, potential organic contaminants, microbial flora and the composting process itself. The group was assembled to establish parameters for the major issues and concerns with compost production and use and to serve as consultants in specific areas. Physically headquartered in Lake Panasoffkee at the Sumter County Solid Waste, Recycling and Composting Facility, one of the first in the nation to combine up-front recovery of recyclables with composting MSW and biosolids, keeps FORCE in the forefront of integrated, innovative solid waste management.

Reports on the success of Davenport Compost Facility in Iowa, both operationally and financially. Success of the facility in developing the right blend of biosolids and yard trimmings compost; Description of the facility; Size reduction and mixing; Cocomposting phase; Screening and markets; Design and dedication of the facility.

Reports on New York and Massachusetts facilities' use of systems that increase recovery rate of wood, a high value material in the C&D stream. Composting facility owned by Liotta Bros. Recycling Corp. in Oceanside, New York; Sorting strategy in Massachusetts; Separation of wood and aggregate in a flotation tank at Liotta Bros.' operation. INSET: RECYCLING AHEAD OF THE SORT FACILITY.

Presents news regarding the recycling industry. Installation of four microturbines by Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services at its plant for wastewater treatment to turn biogas into energy; Authorization to add food residuals to the curbside collection by the Bellevue City Council to the Utilities Department staff; Announces the improved recycling center in Lexington-Fayette urban county.

Provides information on recycling at produce terminals in Los Angeles, California and Ontario. Top expenses for produce terminals; Operation at the Los Angeles City Market; Volumes per year of produce received by the Ontario Food Terminal in Toronto, Ontario.

Focuses on the use of a system for efficiently separating liquids from their packaging at the Wichita Falls Organics Recycling Facility in Wichita Falls, Texas. Crushing of full juice, beer and wine containers with a front-end loader; Landfilling of plastic jugs and glass bottles; Development of the process by city sanitation supervisor and recycling facility manager Dave Lehfeldt. INSET: A marketable product from runoff?, by Chris Peot..

The article focuses on trimmings grinding operation, 1 Stop Landscape Supply and Yard Waste Recycling Center located in Sarastota of Tampa, Florida, acquired by John Desrosiers in 2004. It discusses the manufacturing of compost, mulch, recycled concrete, and soil blend products at the center. Information regarding the use of the Doppstadt DW 3060SA shredder is also provided.

The article reports on the launch of a prototype of a renewable energy-based portable rural recycling center by Grand Valley State University of Grand Rapids, Michigan by partnering with Hastings Township, Michigan and mentions views of Nick Baine, assistant engineering professor at Grand Valley.

The article reports on the production of high quality composts for local markets in the City of Port Angeles, Washington. Topics discussed include the components of Clallam County-based solid waste management complex such as recycling center and waste station, dewatering of anaerobically digested biosolids and views of City of Port Angeles' waste reduction specialist Helen Freilich.

The article reports that the city of Montreal in Quebec issued calls for tenders for planned facilities including composting plants, anaerobic digester with biogas upgrading and pilot-scale mixed waste processing with organics recovery. Topics discussed include the operations to start in 2020, estimated cost of the project and the facilities to process residential food waste and yard trimmings.

The article focuses on the Food to Energy (F2E) project of the Central Marin Sanitation Agency (CMSA), which has its fats, oils, and grease (FOG) processing facility and anaerobic digesters in San Rafael, California, whose goal is to divert organic waste from landfills and the creation of energy.

The article reports that a Kern County Superior Court Judge in California has rescinded the order of the Board of Supervisors to close Community Recycling & Recovery Inc. after the death of Armando Ramiriez and his brother Heladio.