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Scotland raises awareness about compost
The Scottish Government is urging people to help reduce waste during Compost Awareness Week by taking up composting as a greener way of disposing of their garden and kitchen waste. The week runs from 3 May to 9 May and aims to encourage more people to take up home composting by purchasing discounted compost bins through the Waste Aware Scotland Compost at Home campaign. Environment Minister ...
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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 ...
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Organic Waste Composter (OWC) Machine Manufacturer in India
With tones of waste generated every single year at both domestic as well as industrial levels, it becomes imperative to handle this amount of waste efficiently. The type of food or organic waste that has been dumped directly into landfills can further release toxic gases like methane if not treated properly. Thanks to the innovative Organic Waste Composter that is turning organic waste into ...
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EWA Fermenter Rapid composting of waste
From one side it looks like an ordinary shipping container. From the other side it appears to be a perpetual motion machine which spins, hisses and makes a variety of other noises. From the inside, the Solbien EWA Fermenter from the Czech company Agro Eko is a highly mechanised system for the rapid composting of waste. “You put the waste you want to compost in one end of the container and ...
By Elmia AB
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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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EA issue a derogation to Compost Quality Protocol
The Environment Agency (EA) has issued a derogation to the Appendix B list of acceptable wastes in the Compost Quality Protocol. This derogation enables waste types with EWC codes 19 05 01 and 19 05 02 to be included as acceptable inputs for the production of Quality Protocol (QP) certified compost. EWC 19 05 01 - Wastes produced from the aerobic treatment of solid wastes with the descriptions ...
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Scotland to do more to combat waste
Scotland has increased efforts in recycling and composting waste over the past five years, but is it enough? The latest recycling and composting figures were released today by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and show a small increase in figures reaching 31.2%. It was great news that Scotland met the 30% target for 2008, but it may not be enough to meet the challenging targets ...
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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 ...
By SOIL Haiti
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Composter Bioganix split in half as assets sold
Two composting sites belonging to failed composter Bioganix have been snapped up by rivals in an assets sell off. New Earth Solutions has bought the in-vessel composting plant in Gloucestershire, while Countrystyle has taken over the IVC facility in Suffolk. Bioganix was forced to sell the sites in a pre-pack arrangement with administrators to avoid insolvency. In a statement it said: “The ...
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Thermophilic Co-composting of Human Wastes in Haiti
Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL) is an organization that has been working on ecological sanitation in Haiti since 2006 and, in 2009, developed the nation's first waste treatment site to treat human faeces using thermophilic co-composting. Since the earthquake in 2010, SOIL has developed a composting design that eliminates pathogens and creates a re-usable nutrient-rich compost. ...
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Composting industry`s growth is set to continue
Results from the annual Association for Organics Recycling survey has shown a nine per cent increase in recycled organics. The 2007/08 report, put together by AFOR and the Waste & Resources Action Programme, showed 4.5 million tonnes of source segregated waste was composted in the UK with half of this sold on and industry reporting turnover of more than £165m in the year to April 2008. ...
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Composting green waste saves as much CO2 as energy recovery
Recycling green waste as compost could match the environmental benefits of converting it into renewable energy, in terms of CO2 savings, according to new German research. It suggests that the two forms of waste management should be seen as complementary and both should receive subsidies. Green waste is biodegradable waste, usually from gardens and parks, and includes grass, hedge trimmings, ...
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Commercial compost bin scheme to inherit WRAP’s legacy
Following news that Waste & Resources Action Programme compost bin subsidies will stop in September, bin manufacturer Straight has launched an identical commercial scheme. The company is offering councils a home delivery programme, which it said the WRAP campaign was initially modelled on. Straight, and its subsidiary Blackwall, supplied more than half the bins used in the WRAP campaign ...
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Sainsbury`s introduces Wild Rocket salad in compostable packaging
Major UK retailer Sainsbury’s has introduced its Sainsbury's SO organic Wild Rocket salad in Amcor's NaturePlus compostable film. This innovative concept (patent pending) has been created through a joint venture between Amcor Flexibles and Flextrus. “Food packaging is very important to our customers and it influences their buying decisions. Amcor's NaturePlus compostable film helps us to meet ...
By Amcor
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US Composting Council’s 15th Annual Conference & Trade Show: Equipment Demonstrations Are Sold Out for January 2007
Holbrook, New York – In addition to three days of training courses, educational and technical sessions, the USCC annual conference, scheduled for January 21-24, 2007 in Orlando, will also feature Equipment Demonstrations by many of the leading equipment manufacturers and suppliers in the industry. The USCC is pleased to announce that the space for the 'Live' Equipment Demonstrations ...
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Bioaerosol exposure remains health concern for compost site workers
Employees working in close-proximity to compost are potentially exposed to large concentrations of bioaerosols, research by the Health and Safety Executive confirmed. However, the report Bioaerosol emissions from waste comoposting and the potential for workers’ exposure highlighted that bioaerosols are “substantially reduced” at 50 to 100m distance downwind from the source when compared with its ...
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Rotating Drum Composting Technology
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. ...
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Be Green Packaging Products have been Certified by BPI
Santa Barbara, CA - December 8, 2010 - On November 9th, Be Green Packaging LLC, received independent certification from Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI), verifying that their molded pulp fiber packaging is compostable. This certification, confirms that their products meet the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D6868 standards for compostability. Be Green Packaging is aware ...
By 3BL Media
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Tidy Planet appoints new project engineer as firm gears up for growth
Macclesfield-based Tidy Planet has brought Richard Hart on board as a project engineer, to support the company through a sustained period of growth and increased client enquiries. Richard joins the organic waste solutions company with over 30 years’ experience working within the engineering sector – managing multi-million-pound projects – and will be heading up medium and ...
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US composting council`s 18th Annual Conference & Trade Show call for papers
Abstracts are encouraged on the following conference topics: Feedstocks, Collection, Processing & Energy Production Increasing Food Residuals Composting in the U.S. Streamlining permit regulations for composting food residuals Developing diversion programs Integrating food residuals into existing yard waste composting programs Overcoming collection issues Advances in on-site ...
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