Composting is a fairly easy process
The biggest being how to increase the evaporation rates to concentrate solids for composting at a fast enough pace to keep up with the inflow?
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BIO: Risa Weinberger is a licensed Professional Engineer and owns a consulting firm specializing in solid waste, particularly composting and organics diversion. She has practiced engineering as a consultant to the solid waste and composting industry nation-wide for 36 years
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Municipal solid waste industry and other environmental management professionals, plus composting and organics management industry attendees at WASTECON will have the opportunity to view GaiaRecycle’s patented “double helix” shredder and blade technology that accelerates the organic decomposition process based on drying, sterilizing and grinding mixed food scraps and organic waste. GaiaRecycle’s proprietary six-step deodorizer process removes odors, and the resulting output material from processed food waste is a sterilized, easy-to-handle, compostable soil amendment
Working on a project. Looking for any members who are using or testing Google Glass? Or if you know of any one the the solid waste industry who is, can you have them contact me at mb@swana.org. In the meantime, even if you aren't using or testing Google Glass, I'd love to hear about any ideas...
1 Comment - Everything from plastic resin identification and differentiation; hazardous materials identification; route use and notification for recycling/solid waste drivers; security camera monitoring; compost moisture and temperature sampling
Next we went to the Montgomery County Composting Facility. At this site was a project which naturally processed collected leaves and grass to create a soil conditioner...Next door to the composting facility was the Covanta Montgomery, Inc Waste-to-Energy Facility
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I'm the Solid Waste Manager for the City of Port St. Lucie, Florida. We have been experiencing an ongoing problem with hydraulic oil spills and glass spills on GSP side loaders. With regards to glass spills, these trucks from my understanding weren't designed for recycling but rather, for the...
1 Comment - Hi Michael, I'm the Solid Waste Superintendent in the City of Medicine Hat in Alberta, Canada Our MSW is collected in-house using our own staff, both waste and compost. The curbside recyclable collection is contracted out
Food scraps plus compostable food soiled paper products can comprise more than 50 percent of a school’s garbage?...Also, teach kids how to make their own compost for planting, which is another effectual way to recycle old food and trash