MSW composting in the United States
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A survey completed in Oct 1997 indicates that there are 14 operating municipal solid waste (MSW) composting facilities in the US. One is in shakedown/restart, while four are under construction, two in permitting, four evaluating bids, seven in planning and six under consideration. The survey found that most of the plants operated smoothly in 1997, although two facilities shut down. The only new MSW composting facility to open in 1997 was a 100 tpd unit in Lexington, NE. The four facilities under construction include a 330 tpd unit in Rapid City, SD, and a 150 tpd mixed waste processing/windrow unit in Medina, OH.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1997
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Home composting programs reach out
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More cities and counties across Canada and US aredoing theirpart in helping manage home wastes. These municipalities include Fairfax County, VA; Marion County, OR; Minneapolis, MN; Sacramento County, CA; Metro Toronto, Ontario; Ottawa, Ontario; Central and South Hastings, Ontario; and Seattle, WA. Some of them such as Fairfax County got involved in a serious advertising campaign that alone cost between $50,000 - $60,000, while others such as Marion County only reduced the price of home composters.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1993
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Land clearing company finds a composting niche
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Wood Waste Reclamation Inc has become a compost manufacturer only a few years after Glenn Zimmerman established it in an effort to create alternative methods of wood disposal to burning. At the time it was formed, there was a lucrative market for urban wood and the cost of disposal at Marion County's incinerator was $87 per ton. However, as the prices for wood residuals declined and the paperboard markets were reduced, composting became the firm's next alternative.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1998
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