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ANAEROBIC
DIGESTION PRIMER
A Penton Media Publication
EMBRACING
COMPOSTABLES
JANUARY 2013
THE
ORGANICS
DOWN SOUTH
SCRAPPY IN
SEATTLE
waste360.com
ORGANICS
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The Official Magazine of WasteExpo, NSWMA and WASTEC
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Safety First BY DAVID BIDERMAN Cautious Checklist
BY BRYAN STALEY, P.E., PH.D. Grading Our Composit
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Houston-based Waste Management Inc. worked with t
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it doesn't already have one. “We want to see t
A HIGHER POWER: The Harvest Power Energy Garden i
ORGANIC MILKSHAKE: At the East Bay Municiapl Util
AD CHEESEHEADS: Bioferm has found a strong partne
Some of the food waste needs pretreatment bef
look at the technology because nobody will finance
“I look at food waste being now where yard waste
FEATURE Seattle bulks up its recycling rate with
and composting program. Seattle BY Michael Fickes
Each of these cities knows the secret to a hig
Given the extra weight of food waste compared
Photos courtesy of Seattle Public Utilities. LIN
use products that are either compostable or recyc
The Case FEATURE How communities can use compo
ostables BY Steven Mojo, BIODEGRADABLE PRODUCTS I
MSW Recycling Rates, 1960 to 2010
COMPOSTABLES COMPARED: Not all so-called “compost
Photo courtesy of Green Drop Recycling. FROM WAY
FEATURE
Image courtesy of Kessler Consulting Inc. MSW MA
Mecklenburg County is working with local busin
The commercial sector makes up an estimated 5
Packaging Coalition (a project of GreenBlue).The
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