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Tidy Planet Rocket Composter featured on the BBC`s The One Show

We saw a rather familiar Rocket Composter on the BBC’s The One Show - as environment journalist Lucy Siegle took a trip to Raymond Blanc’s luxury hotel and restaurant, Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, to witness the venue’s closed-loop sustainability model. The well-known TV chef gave viewers a sneak peek at Le Manoir’s in-vessel composter and the on-site ...

Jun. 10, 2021

By Tidy Planet Limited

6m wide Top-Brush becomes Newark’s weapon in the fight against worm casts

The reduction in availability of curative chemistry has been a game-changer when it comes to the fight against worm casts. Recognising that cultural methods are going to become perhaps the only way to manage them, Newark Golf Club are the latest in a growing list to add the 6m-wide Redexim Top-Brush to their armoury. For Course Manager Alex Clarricoates, its effectiveness at removing casts, as ...

May 6, 2021

By Charterhouse Turf Machinery Ltd

USCC`s 2021 Mentor Match Program is open for applications!

USCC Young Professionals Group aims to connect the composting industry's emerging professionals with more experienced professionals through the Young Professionals Mentor Match Program. Mentors will provide mentees with career advice and insight based on their professional experience, which will help the mentees to make informed, strategic career decisions and advancements. Our mentoring ...

Apr. 13, 2021

By US Composting Council

USCC Staff come together for the first time in a year

A majority of USCC staff assembled in Raleigh, NC, this past week to come together as a team. Over a year into this pandemic, the personal connection that we share needs to be aerated. With the addition of Hessa Al Maghlouth in February 2021, Gowri Sundaram in December 2020, and Eric Hudiburg in June 2020, the council staff has grown tremendously over the past year. Though traveling across the ...

Apr. 13, 2021

By US Composting Council

Update on EPA release of clopyralid interim decision

Losing the battle but winning the war? The U.S. EPA released its clopyralid interim decision (ID), and it’s not all bad news! The EPA released the ID on the reregistration of clopyralid on March 18, and, while we did not get much of what we asked for, taking a long view shows significant progress. Unlike earlier rounds of reregistration, the ID clearly states "clopyralid is persistent in ...

Apr. 13, 2021

By US Composting Council

Biofeed is Chemical Free for Bees

Biofeed Has Always Been Chemical Free for Bees Hello to all our Biofeed friends who plant and care for fruit trees, crops, gardens, and flowers. It’s BEE time. With Spring approaching bees are already at work. Without these industrious little pollinators we would starve. We are sharing information from The Bee Conservancy to spread the word on how we can all do our part to support our bee ...

Mar. 4, 2021

By Biofeed Solutions, Inc.

Redexim Top-Brush provides worm cast solution at Brocket Hall Golf Club

Constructed on a heavy clay soil profile, the two 18-hole courses at Welwyn Garden City’s Brocket Hall Estate fell victim last year to what arguably has become one of the biggest challenges for fine turf managers – worm casts. Without available curative chemistry, Golf Course Manager John Moorhouse turned to his local dealer for advice who recommended the Redexim Top-Brush. Three ...

Feb. 23, 2021

By Charterhouse Turf Machinery Ltd

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 ...

Jan. 27, 2021

By US Composting Council

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 ...

Nov. 20, 2020

By US Composting Council

Jiffy O’Growblock now Ecocert

The Jiffy O’Growblock is now ECOCERT certified. ECOCERT strives to enable production processes that respect the environment, with better management of natural resources. This way, Ecocert stimulates socially responsible sectors that offer better product quality and safety. The Jiffy Growblock is the number one choice for all cut-flower and vegetable growers using hydroponic systems, ...

Nov. 13, 2020

By Jiffy Products International BV

Tiny Tom Crushes Cardboard for Compost in Australia

Trevor Whyte’s newest employee, TOM, is only 1.48 m tall and sends a text when he’s had enough. THE POST, a local Perth News Paper in Australia, recently published an article about TOM being busy crushing compostables to a seventh of their original volume at a beach café. The new Compact Cmpaction Colleague at The Orange Box Café Trevor, who owns The Orange Box ...

Nov. 6, 2020

By Orwak AB

Eco-Friendly Drinking Straws

We present the organic reed straw made for drinks, to completely replace plastic straws. The first good news is from the 1st of October 2020 a full ban on the single-use plastic in the U.K. has begun. The second good news it is will start in the E.U. 1st of January 2021. We created an organic straw from reed, it is the best quality product for hospitality industries. We can apply your logo, ...

Nov. 2, 2020

By SYNERGY

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 ...

Oct. 22, 2020

By NNFCC Ltd.

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 ...

Sep. 13, 2020

By BioSphere Plastic LLC

Composting community food waste in New York City

Here at Tidy Planet, we love shouting about the great food waste composting work we carry out not only in the UK but across the world – from the Maldives and Indonesia, to France and the USA. And we take pride in being a global-reaching organisation which helps companies to discover the benefits of on-site composting and, ultimately, close the food waste loop ...

Sep. 11, 2020

By Tidy Planet Limited

Tidy Planet exports Rocket Composter machinery into Australia

Organic waste and Waste-to-Energy solutions expert Tidy Planet is shipping its first ever Rocket Composter unit to Australia, where it will help a not-for-profit community farm to divert 200-300 kg of food and green wastes from landfill per day. The global partnership – facilitated by Tidy Planet’s exclusive Australian distributor, Eco Guardians – will see the A900 In-Vessel ...

Jul. 28, 2020

By Tidy Planet Limited

Get Growing this Summer

Even mid-way through June, it’s not too late to start growing some of your own food this season. Growing a garden in your yard, your windowsill, or at any other scale can be empowering. And it doesn’t have to be an overwhelming venture! Episode 3 of Dirt Rich is a bite-sized listen to help get you started in a manageable, enjoyable way. Kent Solberg shares his top tips for starting a ...

Jun. 20, 2020

By Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota

SEE Change Magazine talks with SOIL on how COVID-19 is Impacting the Most Vulnerable

“Imagine if a public toilet was your only sanitation option. In the best of times it’s a scary and unpleasant choice. Now imagine being asked to stay home when you don’t have a toilet in-house.” Journalist and Co-Founder of SEE Change Magazine, Elisa Birnbaum, spent some time last month speaking with SOIL’s own Sasha Kramer about the impact the coronavirus pandemic ...

Jun. 9, 2020

By SOIL Haiti

National Geographic: Explorers in the Field visits SOIL

“What if your faucet had no clean water coming out of it and no way for human waste to get out?” As many classrooms move online, National Geographic brings the reality of the global sanitation crisis to screens around the world. And, they do it by bringing viewers to Haiti where they meet with SOIL’s Sasha Kramer to learn about the historical context for Haiti’s lack of ...

May 28, 2020

By SOIL Haiti

USCC files for stand alone NAICS Industry Code for Compost Manufacturing

The US Composting Council, the leading organization representing the commercial compost industry, has applied for a NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) code for "Compost Manufacturing". The move, made this spring during the open period for new industry NAICS codes, fulfills a long-term goal of USCC, whose compost production and collection members are currently classified into ...

May 28, 2020

By US Composting Council