The State Of Garbage In America
BioCycle December 2008, Vol. 49, No. 12, p. 22
Latest national data on municipal solid waste management — 29 percent recycled and composted, 7 percent combusted via waste-to-energy and 64 percent landfilled. (A joint study by BioCycle and theEarth Engineering Center of Columbia University)
Ljupka Arsova, Rob van Haaren, Nora Goldstein, Scott M. Kaufman and Nickolas J. Themelis
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Food Composting Infrastructure
BioCycle December 2008, Vol. 49, No. 12, p. 30
This fifth and final installment of BioCycle National Survey reports on food waste composting facilities in the Western states.
Cristina Olivares, Nora Goldstein and Rhodes Yepsen
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Minnesota Makes Strides With Biomass Power
BioCycle December 2008, Vol. 49, No. 12, p. 43
New projects include university’s biomass research and gasification facility, a turkey-litter fueled power plant, and a farmers’ co-op gasifying agricultural residues.
Dan Emerson
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BioCycle December 2008, Vol. 49, No. 12, p. 46
In January, Middlebury College in Vermont plans to begin full operation of its new $11 million biomass plant, replacing half of its annual consumption of more than 2 million gallons of fuel oil with regionally grown wood chips. Expected to consume 20,000 to 22,000 tons/year of biomass, the new plant will cut the college’s greenhouse gas emissions by almost 12,500 metric tons annually, according to Nan
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