Collection/Transfer — August 4, 2020New Municipal Composting Program Begins in Steamboat Springs, COA new municipal composting program in Steamboat Springs marks the start of a pilot project and unique collaboration between the city and Innovative Regeneration Colorado, a local food waste prevention business. Before the program, there was no community-wide composting service in Routt County. Until about three years ago, Twin Enviro Resources at the landfill west of Milner […] Collection/Transfer — August 4, 2020
Collection/Transfer — August 3, 2020Food Scrap Recycling Requirements for Additional Food-Related Businesses Start with One-Year Warning PeriodThe New York City Department of Sanitation reminds some additional food-related businesses that they will be required by law to separate their organic waste – such as food scraps. Approximately 8,500 businesses are covered by the new requirements. While the requirements are in effect today, DSNY will give businesses a one-year warning period and no […] Collection/Transfer — August 3, 2020
Collection/Transfer — August 3, 2020Black Earth Compost Purchases Compost With MeBlack Earth Compost, a full-service compost company based in Manchester-By-The-Sea, MA, has acquired Compost With Me LLC and will assume collections starting on August 4. Black Earth has been collecting from the Mashpee and Falmouth municipal transfer stations this month, continuing service that Compost With Me began several years ago. Falmouth residents may continue to […] Collection/Transfer — August 3, 2020
Compost/Organic Recycling — August 2, 2020Organics Diversion Opportunity: Are We Wasting It?Point-counterpoint discussion finds common ground on controversial organics bans. By Thomas Bilgri and Debra Darby Almost 30 percent of the municipal solid waste (MSW) stream generated in the U.S. is organics, nearly all of which is disposed of in a landfill or waste-to-energy facility. Many states looking to increase their recycling rates have promulgated (or […] Compost/Organic Recycling — August 2, 2020
Circular Economy — July 30, 2020Path to Goal Zero: Living and Progressing with the Understanding that We Cannot Make Everything Fit into Green, Circular, Renewable or Sustainable: Part 2Dave Gajadhar An issue facing the industry and various levels of government is what CE means. The meaning and interpretation varies from one sector to another and from one region to another. For example, consumer goods, textiles, manufacturing, transportation, dairy, and food industry organizations would certainly recognize the original meaning and motivation of CE. […] Circular Economy — July 30, 2020
Compost/Organic Recycling — July 28, 2020Colorado’s Waste Diversion Goals – Can Composting Get Us There?We all know that recycling and composting in Colorado has been lagging behind the national average. State waste diversion goals are coming up quickly, with the first benchmark in 2021 of 32% for the Front Range and 28% statewide. Increasing organics recycling through composting is critical to reaching our goals. Composting not only keeps materials […] Compost/Organic Recycling — July 28, 2020
Collection/Transfer — July 28, 2020Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio Awards Grants to 15 Communities, Schools and Nonprofit Organizations; Invites Others to ApplyIn keeping with its mission to improve Franklin County’s solid waste stream, SWACO has awarded $201,873.31 in competitive grant funding to 15 community projects to implement or improve waste reduction, reuse, recycling and composting activities. The projects include installing refillable water bottle stations in central Ohio’s largest school district, putting recycling sorting stations in facilities […] Collection/Transfer — July 28, 2020
Collection/Transfer — July 28, 2020Sustainable Green Team, Ltd. (SGTM) Completes Construction in Waste Management Landfill Facility, Increasing Mulch Manufacturing and SustainabilitySustainable Green Team, Ltd. (SGTM), a leading provider of environmentally beneficial solutions for tree and storm waste disposal, announces completion on a dual line mulch bagger and fully automated electric grinding screening operation in Waste Management’s (WM) landfill facility located in Apopka, Florida, through its strategic alliance announced in October 2019. Aside from achieving IPEMA […] Collection/Transfer — July 28, 2020
Collection/Transfer — July 26, 2020Elk Grove, CA Launches Campaign Against Food WasteThe Elk Grove city staff last week launched the “Erase Food Waste” campaign to encourage people to not waste edible foods and to be mindful of how they store food. Organizers stated that unnecessary food waste can harm the environment by boosting methane and other greenhouse gas emissions in landfills. They said that Californians waste […] Collection/Transfer — July 26, 2020
Compost/Organic Recycling — July 26, 2020Union County, NJ Freeholders OK Plan for Organic Waste Recycling Plant at Tremley PointThe Union County Freeholders has approved an amendment to the county’s recycling plan that will pave the way for Linden Renewable Energy LLC a subsidiary RNG Energy Solutions LLC, of Hampton, New Hampshire, to build the $220 million plant on a 21.46 acre parcel at 4900 Tremley Point Road in Linden. The proposed facility will turn […] Compost/Organic Recycling — July 26, 2020
Compost/Organic Recycling — July 23, 2020Novamont Launches iPhone Game App to Teach Kids Value of Food Waste RecyclingBioplastics manufacturer Novamont unveiled this week a new iPad and iPhone app called ‘Food Scrap Recycling Truck’ that helps teach kids how to sort food waste and to value the environmental benefits of food scrap recycling and composting. Young users can drive a recycling truck as it passes through the neighbourhood to collect food scraps […] Compost/Organic Recycling — July 23, 2020
Collection/Transfer — July 21, 2020Recycling Company Plans to Reduce Food Waste for Grocers, Restaurants in Kent County, MIA recycling company hopes to help Kent County, MI achieve its ambitious goal of diverting 90 percent of the county’s trash from landfills by 2030 by working directly with restaurants and grocers to reduce food and beverage waste. Perfect Circle Recycling LLC’s primary business will be product destruction and recycling food and beverage products that are […] Collection/Transfer — July 21, 2020
