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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
WeRadiate has been a growing passion for several years, initially just as a concept of interest focusing primarily on compost operations within community gardens; it has now grown in scope to incorporate community based operations and large scale facilities processing hundreds to thousands of tons of food scraps annually. While our scope has expanded, our hopes remain the same: to create high ...
Rotating drum composting technology by XACT Systems is a time saver (and therefore money maker) from start to finish. Beginning with installation, the XACT BioReactor Composting System is engineered in such a manner that it can be installed in 4 hours. AND, this quick assembly can be accomplished by average workmen. In other words, a manufacturer installation specialist is NOT required. ...
Composter automates rotating drum operation with the newly automated PLC Control Panel with Soft Touch Screen by XACT Systems. ...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Susan Hedman highlighted the environmental benefits of diverting food waste from landfills today at the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District’s composting facility. “The Western Lake Superior Sanitary District’s innovative composting program provides a terrific example of how we can turn food waste into a valuable ...
The main reason not applying human faeces and urine in compost is the fear that pathogens causes serious illness and sicknesses. We have to be sure that pathogens are effectively inactivated before we even think about reusing human excreta. Everybody agrees that if this goal could be achieved and human excreta could be reused in agriculture it would deliver enormous benefits. It would: ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Pacific Southwest region today presented its esteemed Environmental Champion award to the Inland Empire Regional Composting Authority (IERCA) and the Los Angeles County Sanitation District for their work to develop a partnership composting program and state-of-the-art renewable energy composting facility. The award was presented by EPA’s ...
Recently two young men died in a tragic accident at Community Recycling & Resource Recovery Inc.'s composting facility near Bakersfield, California. US Composting Council (USCC) President Frank Franciosi stated, "We are deeply saddened by this event, and the USCC is working with our membership to insure that incidents of the is nature are prevented in the future. I know I speak for all of us ...
Composter TEG Group has bought another composting firm Simpro for £6m, increasing TEG’s processing capacity by 180,000 tonnes a year. Approved by shareholders last week, TEG will now be capable of processing 295,000 tonnes of organic waste each year. The deal will add six operational composting sites to the company’s portfolio, which are located in Stoke, Nottingham, Gaydon, Wolverhampton and ...
Waste management and recycling firm Countrystyle Group has significantly expanded its composting services after acquiring TJ Composting. Countrystyle Group will take over TJ Composting’s four operational sites in Hampshire, Sussex, Kent and Essex, which all use open windrow composting technologies. A keen supporter of composting, Countrystyle Group already owns two in-vessel composting ...