composter News
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Still Time to Enter Compost Awareness Week Poster Contest
You can help promote recycling and possibly earn $500 for your efforts by submitting a poster proclaiming next year's International Compost Awareness Week. Entries are due by November 30, 2011. The US Composting Council is calling for entries in its 2012 ICAW Poster Contest. The contest is open to anyone who wants to help celebrate composting and promote the benefits of composting and ...
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Vlaco awarded first ECN-QAS labels to composting and digestion plants
At the Annual Symposium 2015 of the Flemish Compost and Digestate Organisation ‘Vlaco’ the first composting and digestion plants were awared with the European quality labels of ECN-QAS. Since the foundation of Vlaco in 1992, Vlaco has considered quality as a key issue. A quality assurance system (QAS) has been put in place, which is obligatory for all professional composting and ...
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US Composting Council Invites You to Take Part in the 2011 International Compost Awareness Week Poster Contest
RONKONKOMA, N.Y. - The US Composting Council (USCC), the organizational group behind International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) in the United States, is proud to announce a call for entries for its 2011 ICAW Poster Contest. The contest will run from September 15 until November 30, 2010 and is open to anyone who wants to help celebrate composting and promote the benefits of composting and ...
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Joraform AB and BASF SE
We are very pleased to inform you of an initiated cooperation between Joraform AB and BASF SE in Germany. BASF produces among other things, a series of compostable products named ecovio® – compostable polymers with biobased content. These products have been proven to work very well in Joraform's compost machines. Please visit us at the K-Trade Fair in Düsseldorf, Germany from ...
By Joraform AB
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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 ...
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U.S. Composting Council Invites You to Take Part in the 2012 International Compost Awareness Week Poster Contest
The U.S. Composting Council Board of Directors is pleased to announce a call for entries for its 2012 ICAW Poster Contest. The contest will run from September 15 until November 30, 2011 and is open to anyone who wants to help celebrate composting and promote the benefits of composting and compost use. The winning poster will serve as the 2012 International Compost Awareness Week promotional media ...
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WRAP`s compost bin subsidies to stop
Subsidies from the Waste and Resources Action Programme enabling councils to offer cheap home composting bins will stop at the end of September. Industry commentators predicted the end of the subsidised products in January last year when WRAP doubled the cost of the bins. The end also seemed imminent when 30 per cent budget cuts were imposed on WRAP by the Department for Environment Food and ...
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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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Anglesey up with Wales` best
Waste management firm Verdant has helped the Isle of Anglesey to “achieve the second best recycling rate in Wales”. Speaking about Anglesey residents, Verdant managing director Roger Edwards said: “Without their sustained support and interest in recycling, these results just wouldn’t have been possible.” Data released by the Welsh Assembly for the year 2009/09 shows that out of 22 local ...
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Kick-start to Compost Awareness Week 2014
Compost awareness week kicked off on Monday 5th May and will be running until Sunday (11th May). Local authorities and businesses alike are taking part by organising awareness events, free compost giveaways or discounted compost containers. Despite there being no UK coordinator for the week, composting charity Garden Organic has been helping to publicise the campaign with a school poster ...
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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 ...
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BASF and Joraform Worldwide Cooperation Agreement
BASF and Joraform has recently signed a worldwide cooperation agreement focused on promoting each other’s products. Joraform the world leader of local composting has executed a series of tests on biodegradable cups, plates and biobags made from BASF´s ecovio compound. These tests has taken place in Joraform’s testing facility in Sweden in the JK5100 compost machine, and the ...
By Joraform AB
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Capacity testing at OZO Ostrava
In 2017 AGRO-EKO tested capacity of EWA in city composting plant OZO Ostrava. All details are in the table below. ...
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International Compost Awareness Week Comes To Town!
A time to get your community up and cheering “the possibilities are endless … compost!” Holbrook, New York – Whether it’s through backyard, on-site or centralized initiatives, composting is a proven way to help communities sustainably manage their organic residuals. Be a part of the largest environmental education event for composting. The U.S. Composting Council invites you to join in ...
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Repurpose compostables launches greenest coffee cup in the world
Repurpose Compostables, a manufacturer of premium, high quality food service products, based in Los Angeles, announced today the debut of their One Cup™, the exciting new insulated hot cup that is 100% compostable. No more double cupping. No more sleeves. The insulated technology keeps hot beverages warmer for longer, and prevents heat from escaping the cup, protecting the user and creating ...
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US Composting Council launches corporate compost leadership group
Companies leading the US in seeking successful composting of their products, packaging and food scraps are invited to become a part of the US Composting Council’s new Corporate Compost Leadership Council, a body that will engage, support and help move forward a suite of tools and strategies to grow composting capacity in the U.S. “Composting and compost use can make a significant ...
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Composting collaborative webinar on nurturing entrepreneurs to grow infrastructure
The Composting Collaborative, of which USCC is a founding partner, is focusing its October webinar on the role of new businesses in closing the gaps in providing organics recycling collection and compost production and sales. USCC has found that encouraging entrepreneurship is one answer. In this October 17 webinar (3-4:15 pm) facilitated by USCC’s Associate Director, Cary Oshins, learn ...
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Casing Seperator (New Development)
Christiaens recently developed and built a casing seperator for taking of the casing soil before dumping the spent compost. This one we build is a contractors version. Currently we are working on a more basic model which is not transportable between farms. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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