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27/12/2024

Central Coast Worm Farm was awarded a $4.2 million U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Fertilizer Production Expansion Program grant to help grow its facility.

The grant will be used to increase production capacity by installing a static composting system and improving facility access.

26/12/2024

are a “sleeping giant of the climate crisis,” and the largest industrial source of the potent in 38 states, according to Industrious Labs, a network of strategists and others who create campaigns to “put to work.”

Landfills are a “sleeping giant of the climate crisis”, and the largest industrial source of the potent greenhouse gas methane in 38 states …

25/12/2024

23/12/2024

Narrowing in on liquid and semi-liquid packaged food and beverages yields economic, performance and generation benefits at Reinford Farms in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania.

Narrowing in on liquid and semi-liquid packaged food and beverages yields economic, digester performance and biogas generation benefits at Reinford Farms in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania.

20/12/2024

From the BioCycle archive: Timeless tips on controlling odors …

Composting is never odor-free, even under optimum conditions for aerobic decomposition of organic matter. Here are some tried and true strategies to maintain successful operations. Craig Coker BioCycle February 2016

19/12/2024

The Compost Education Hub, located in Montgomery County, Maryland, is the first county site dedicated to training both residents and farmers about and demonstrating how to recycle nutrients to create high-quality for local use. Institute for Local Self-Reliance

The Compost Education Hub is the first county site dedicated to training both residents and farmers about food scrap composting, and demonstrating how to recycle nutrients to create high-quality compost for local use.

17/12/2024

Caldwell's Inc. features a 4-acre pad that “is full 100% of the time,” and all of the produced is used on their 3,000 acres of cropland.

Caldwell’s, Inc. is a multi-faceted environmental services company that includes hauling and transfer stations, farming, and a food and agricultural waste composting facility on a 1,500-acre family farm.

17/12/2024

Washington State Correctional facility program includes classroom and hands-on training and features recycling, worm bins, and black soldier flies.

Food scrap recycling — worm composting bins, Bokashi and black soldier flies — anchors classroom and hands-on training at Washington State Correctional facility.

13/12/2024

Compostable Field Testing Program’s open-source field testing data offers insights into real-world product disintegration …

Growing insights into real-world compostable product disintegration are now accessible with the Compostable Field Testing Program’s open-source field testing data. Part I

12/12/2024

Registration is open for The 131° School Of Composting's "SoilWise Microbial Assessment Certificate" course.

“This course provides a deep dive into qualitative assessments of soil microbial ecology, applied to soil health in various landscape systems, as well as composting systems and processes …”

10/12/2024

The 8th Annual "State of Recycling And Composting in Colorado," released by Eco-Cycle and CoPIRG, highlights five cities as “Colorado’s Leaders for Best and Programs in 2023” …

Five cities and their recycling and composting rates were highlighted as “Colorado’s Leaders for Best Recycling and Composting Programs in 2023” …

09/12/2024

Washington, D.C. pilot has about 9,000 participating households and approximately 1,000 tons of were collected in the first year.

After a 12-month pilot, the program has transitioned to the Compost DC: Food Waste Collection program.

07/12/2024

Colorado's Table to Farm Compost continues to grow and increase organics , production …

Federal and state grants — especially a USDA Fertilizer Production Expansion Program award — have laid the groundwork for Table To Farm Compost to increase organics collection and compost production.

05/12/2024

On November 8, the California Air Resources Board approved updates to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard ( ), setting targets to reduce the intensity of California’s transportation fuel pool by 30% by 2030 and by 90% by 2045.

CARB approved updates to the LCFS, setting targets to reduce the CI of California’s transportation fuel pool by 30% by 2030 and by 90% by 2045.

03/12/2024

An interactive map, developed by Northeast Resource Recovery Association, allows users to locate organics recycling options in New Hampshire—including on-farm , residential pick-up, municipal composting, and .

The Northeast Resource Recovery Association (NRRA) developed an interactive map that walks the user through options for organics recycling in New Hampshire, including on-farm composting, residential pick-up, municipal composting, and anaerobic digestion.

02/12/2024

USDA’s Agricultural Research Service announced several key outcomes from workshop to develop a research roadmap that would lead to solutions to meet challenges posed by in agricultural and .

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service announced several key outcomes from a 3-day workshop to develop a research roadmap that would lead to short and long-term science-based solutions to meet the emerging challenges posed by the discovery of PFAS in agricultural soils and....

29/11/2024

Measuring in and …

Researchers at the University of Vermont have been measuring and characterizing microplastics in samples of compost, digestate and incoming food waste slurries. Part II

27/11/2024

Which state is #1 In emissions?

Industrious Labs’ Don’t Waste Our Future campaign released a new analysis that shows municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills were the largest industrial emitter of methane in 2021 in 37 states.