Composting Plants News
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The Crucial Role of BPI Certified Compostable Products
In the global pursuit of environmentally responsible waste management solutions, the significance of BPI (Biodegradable Products Institute) Certified Compostable stands as a cornerstone of sustainable practices. These certified products play a pivotal role in addressing the challenges of waste disposal by ensuring that biodegradable items meet stringent standards for effective ...
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Kompotec Composting Plant In Nieheim Will Be Upgraded To An Energy Plant
The composting plant located in Nieheim, Germany, will be expanded. With an extensive set of measures and the largest investment in the history of KOMPOTEC, the plant is going to make a significant contribution to the future energy supply through biomethane from organic waste and electricity from wind and PV systems. For this reason, an on-site meeting led by the Prime Minister of North ...
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XXL rotting tunnels by Eggersmann for composting plant in Luxembourg
Eggersmann Anlagenbau built a new composting plant in Monnerich, Luxembourg for the client syndicate Minett-Kompost. The official inauguration took place on 1 July 2022 in the presence of Luxembourg's Minister of the Environment Joëlle Welfring. Eggersmann Anlagenbau replaced an aging composting plant of the "Wendelin" type with state-of-the-art technology. Due to the hall geometry of the ...
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PMC GOOFS UP ON ITS PROMISE TO PRODUCE COMPOST IN 24 HRS
Admits in affidavit filed before NGT that organic waste can only be shrunk up to 90% in a day, but compost takes 30 days to be matured; now, it has no space to store the processed garbage Even as it has been battling with garbage disposal issues for the past few months, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has admitted in an affidavit to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that conversion of ...
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2020 The Composting Council Annual Awards announced
Awardees are nominated by peers and honored each year at the US Composting Council's Annual Conference and Tradeshow. This year's awards will be announced at COMPOST2021, the USCC’s virtual conference. The City of Orlando’s Green Works Orlando Program is being recognized with USCC”s Organics Diversion Program of the Year, which is awarded to a program, public or private, that ...
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USCC zoning template ready for comment
Finding land for compost facilities is not easy-and finding properly zoned land for compost facilities is even tougher. USCC's Legislative & Environmental Affairs Committee, staff and Target Organics surveys have identified lack of zoning for compost facilities as one of the BIGGEST impediments to starting a compost facility. The LEAC's Model Zoning Task Force, led by Marcus Zbinden, a ...
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NNFCC joins 43 other signatories in open letter to UK government
This October, the British Standards Institute enacted a new specification, supporting the use of plastics containing additives to degradation. These plastics stand to exacerbate the global issue of microplastics and plastic pollution. As a result, NNFCC has jointly signed an open letter to the UK government calling for the immediate banning of these materials. 'From Blue Planet, to taxes on ...
By NNFCC Ltd.
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USDA reject compost that have compostable plastic
The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Organics Program (NOP) was created to ensure the credibility of the USDA Organics label by setting rules and regulations concerning the certification of organic products. One rule requires compost feedstock to be free of non NOP authorized synthetics in order to be classified as organic. However, third-party certifiers of compost as an organic input ...
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Minnesota compost leaders, non-profit advocate among awardees recognized at USCC’s COMPOST2019
Composting facilities in Texas and Tennessee and a non-profit program in San Diego, CA and an energetic program in Minneapolis were among those who were honored by their peers by the US Composting Council at a January ceremony. Awardees are nominated and honored each year at the US Composting Council’s Annual Conference and Tradeshow. This year’s program was held at the Renaissance ...
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Composting Council launches Second Professional Certification
The US Composting Council’s Certification Commission is introducing a new credential that is designed for industry professionals who are experts in the field of compost manufacturing and facility management. The new certification is called the Certified Compost Professional (CCP™). This differs from the USCC’s Certified Compost Operations Manager (CCOM™) designation ...
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Building for Growth: new Compost Bins in Northern Haiti
Over the last year, SOIL has captured and safely treated 450 metric tons of waste that could have otherwise gone on to contaminate aquatic ecosystems and groundwater sources. The over 92 metric tons of compost produced during this time has instead been returned to the soil to restore ecosystems and improve agricultural livelihoods in northern Haiti. As SOIL works towards an ambitious expansion of ...
By SOIL Haiti
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Sprouts Empowers Guests with Environmentally Friendly Tips and Resources During Earth Month
Sprouts Farmers Market is inspiring guests to celebrate Earth Month throughout April with educational tips and resources at sprouts.com/earth-month. In addition to offering green living materials, the healthy grocer announced 2018 sustainability results and details on its annual roundup to support local health and wellness causes. Sprouts.com “Goes Green” with Healthy Living Tips ...
By Siemens AG
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Conformity Assessment of CIC
CIC applied for the Conformity Assessment according to ECN-QAS. The audit of CIC for conformity assessment was carried out by supervising an audit with sampling taking on the composting plant of Biofactory spa (www.biofactoryspa.it) on 16 October and by supervising CIC’s quality assurance scheme in the CIC’s office on 17 October 2017 in Cavenago. ECN quality manager Stefanie Siebert ...
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Composter Rotating Drum Technology
This Model 515 BioReactor Composting System (BCS) will be utilized as a Demo Unit For Pilot Projects in all market sectors based in China. It is equipped with the essential components and complete automation features required for most composting facilities….essential that is if the goal is to obtain high quality mature compost in 4 to 7 days! This BCS offers a “plug and ...
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Capacity testing at OZO Ostrava
In 2017 AGRO-EKO tested capacity of EWA in city composting plant OZO Ostrava. All details are in the table below. ...
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Vlaco awarded first ECN-QAS labels to composting and digestion plants
At the Annual Symposium 2015 of the Flemish Compost and Digestate Organisation ‘Vlaco’ the first composting and digestion plants were awared with the European quality labels of ECN-QAS. Since the foundation of Vlaco in 1992, Vlaco has considered quality as a key issue. A quality assurance system (QAS) has been put in place, which is obligatory for all professional composting and ...
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Composting plant Lobau awarded with European Quality Label
At the SusGro 2015 in Vienna the composting plant Lobau was awarded with the European Quality Label by the Austrian Compost Quality Organisation (KGVÖ). The certificate was handed over by ECN Quality Manager Stefanie Siebert and Horst Müller, General Manager of KGVÖ, in the town hall of Vienna. The Austrian Compost Quality Assurance Organisation ‘KGVÖ’ has ...
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Renewal certification ARGE Compost & Biogas
The Austrian Compost & Biogas Association is the umbrella organisation of 5 provincial organisations situated in Tyrol, Styria, Upper and Lower Austria and Carinthia which are in operation since the early 1990ies. The decentralised concept of ARGE Compost & Biogas is mainly based on the idea that the treatment of source separated organic waste is done by farmers. This does not only ...
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Green Software: Compost Plant Management
Increase the profitability of your composting business with user-friendly, hands-on systems that guarantee quality documentation and tracking of your core business information. Our system Compost Software provides a broad range of special applications for compost plants that let you track all relevant data for processing material in your plant. This helps you to make fully informed decisions ...
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Kiverco unveils its Backbone in Waste Composting
Two waste and recycling experts have joined forces to protect the environment and create resources for future generations following the installation of a Kiverco waste screening plant at EnVar’s organic waste treatment site in Cambridgeshire. EnVar is the UK's largest waste in-vessel and windrow composting facility and currently recycles food waste and green waste, co-mingled food and ...
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