Composting Articles
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Industry innovators collaborate to tackle compostable coffee pods in hospitality sector
Here at Tidy Planet, we’ve teamed up with AstraZeneca, Sodexo, Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, and Halo Coffee, to close the loop for one of the hospitality sector’s trickiest, and most abundant, waste streams – coffee pods.It’s estimated that approximately 60 billion of these capsules are manufactured annually – three quarters of which end up in landfill, and can take up to 500 years to fully break ...
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Composting in the Subarctic – Operations
The Actium compost drums are used in a variety of climates. In the tropical and subtropical climates, the composter is used year-round. In temperate climates, the Actium Batch Compost Drum can be used year-round because the drum is insulated. However, the decaying process can be slowed where winter temperatures are below freezing for a prolonged period. There are two approaches to maintain hot ...
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Composting Articles
Organic materials have been composted since there was organic matter to compost. It is nothing new. However, it still can be challenging to compost properly. That is, to produce something that is safe and useful as a soil amendment. This is what we were trying to achieve when we designed the Actium Compost Drums. They can accomplish this relatively easily. with a minimum amount of labour. ...
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Composting in the Subarctic – Inputs
Greens and Browns: Composting Input Management Actium Composting equipment allows for environmentally sustainable disposal and reuse of organic materials in the form of compost. The program I work with invested in an Actium Batch Composter Drum, to primarily create local fertilizer for subarctic community gardens located in Fort Albany First Nation, Ontario, Canada. As a secondary benefit, the ...
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Composting in the Subarctic – Design
Our Ideal Design The Actium Batch Compost Drum has become an essential tool for Fort Albany First Nation’s community garden. This article details why Fort Albany First Nation needed a composter and why the design of the Actium Batch Compost Drum suited our needs. Why was a composter needed in a remote subarctic community? Fort Albany First Nation (also known as Peetabeck) is a remote and ...
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Composting in the Subarctic – Moisture
Regulating Compost Moisture during Hot Composting Hot composting is most effective at decomposing organic waste when moisture levels are approximately 50%. A compost with excessive moisture will cause Low temperatures that are below 40°C (104°F); smells foul; and/or brown liquid to be visible or easily freed when squeezing compost. Excessive moisture while composting does not ...
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Commonly Found Indoor Molds
Acremonium naturally found in soils, decaying organic matter and plant debris. Can be found in food and indoor environments. A common allergen. Can produce a trichothecene mycotoxins and volatile organic compounds. Agrocybe/Coprinus This genus is a basidiomycetous mold. Fungal spores which are from mushrooms. The specific mushroom species can not be identified on the culture plate. Many mushroom ...
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Prototype Model 1000 Composting System- Kean University - Case Study
Prototype Model 1000 Composting System. Processing capacity 5,000 lbs./wk. Installed 2010. Compost used on campus. Located feet from student dorms and ...
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Are Humans as Wise as the Venus Flytrap?
Humanity must embrace a food cycle in which food that is not eaten is no longer considered waste; instead, it is considered a replenishable natural resource to be composted. Recently, a headline from a science news reporting source caught my attention. It read, “Venus flytraps don’t eat the insects that pollinate them.” Upon reading the article, I learned that researchers at ...
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Model 500 Composting System- Syded (France) - Case Study
Model 500 Composting System Processing capacity 2,500 lbs./wk. Fabricated under an Intellectual Property Licensing Agreement. Installed ...
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Model 500 Composting System - Union County Vocational Technical High School - Case Study
Mid-Atlantic Vo-Tech High School. Model 500 Composting System. Processing capacity 2,500 ...
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Model 2000 Composting System - Village of St. Pierre- Case Study
Model 2000 Composting System. Processing capacity 10,000 lbs./wk. Customized for European voltage. Installed ...
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Food Scraps Composting
It is no surprise to those who are involved with corrections that some facilities have already embraced environmentally responsible initiatives. With 200,600-plus facilities and more than 2 million inmates in the United States, a new and even more comprehensive emphasis on ecological reconciliation, resilience, and sustainability needs to be embraced. Despite opportunities for correctional ...
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Model 2000 Composting System - San Diego Food Bank- Case Study
Model 2000 Composting System. Processing capacity 10,000 lbs./wk. Customization includes a second, elevated, right-angle loading station. Installed 2015. Compost used ...
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Model 1000 Composting System- Princeton University - Case Study
Model 1000 Composting System. Processing capacity 5,000 lbs./wk. Installed ...
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Food Waste Composting Key to Meeting Challenges of Gaowing Popolations 987
The statistics surrounding food waste in the United States and Canada can only be described as staggering. More than 30 percent of the food produced for human consumption in the U.S., valued at $162 billion annually, isn't eaten. Each year, the United States spends $218 billion growing, processing, transporting and disposing of uneaten food. In Canada, $3 I billion worth of food is thrown out ...
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COVID-19 & Food for Thought
The on-going COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated many aspects of modern society that are simply not sustainable. One of them is the current food system. Yet to be accurately determined amounts of food have been unable to be distributed and, therefore, have been wasted either intentionally or unintentionally. Part of the reason for the waste is the distance that so much food must be ...
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cheap 50 72 128cell trays wholesale supplier
Due to the need for higher temperature, it is necessary to sprinkle some warm water on the leaves regularly. Plants placed in a dry environment can put a layer of wet small gravel in the flower pot to promote the growth of plants. Seedlings are planted from March to April in spring, or preferably from September to October in winter. Sowing before the frost season. In winter, please manage ...
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Allu Transformer Screener Crusher Aerating Compost - Case Study
Material Wet sludge Industry Aerating, Composting, Crushing, Mixing, Screening Application Aerating Function Aerating, Composting, Crushing, Screening, Mixing Model ALLLU Transformer DS 4-23 screener crusher with XHD60 blades PROBLEM Wet, lumpy contaminated sludge material was causing delays to the composting process of a Swedish company. SOLUTION The material was ...
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Greenwood Mushroom Farm Composting - Case Study
Envron co-operated with the Canadian Mushroom Growers Association, the Canadian Federal Government, Provincial Government and Greenwood Mushroom Farm on a full-scale mushroom bunker composting odor control project at Greenwood Mushroom farm. This work was based on earlier work conducted with the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture that showed positive odor control with Ozone and mushroom ...
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