[video url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x1VlYk9ca4" height="360" width="480" se_title="New Wireless Commercial Composting Temperature Probe by Spydaq"] We have been looking at the news of a new Commercial Composting Temperature Probe which looks like being a real time saver for commercial composting plant operators and has been the subject of an article in Materials Handling World Magazine. This one is for UK readers, although it may also [...] Read more »
Green Waste Confusion – AfOR Tackles Cardboard Recycling Misconceptions
There is confusion in the UK about issues of cardboard when composted with green waste which the composters will then seek to sell as certified high quality PAS100 compost for a really good sales price. Understandably, green waste compost buyers want to be sure that when using that compost it cannot end up doing long term harm due to contaminants [...] Read more »
Commercial Composting – Would It Work in LA County? Why Debate?
There is a debate, we are told, about whether commercial composting would work in LA County. On the face of it this is a weird question. Why wouldn’t it work for such a high population density area which is such a massively productive county both in terms of its population as producers of organic waste suitable for commercial composting, and [...] Read more »
GMWDA Announces New IVC Commercial Composting Network Close to Completion
The UK Waste News is buzzing with the news that their massive investment as part of the Integrated Waste management Contract (the largest for a single Local authority client in Europe) is bearing fruit with the completion of its New IVC Commercial composting Network. This has enabled us to bring the news from a variety of sources. It’s called a [...] Read more »
Food Scraps Collecting to Reach New Milestone in San Francisco
Food scraps: US recycling progresses. Here at compost.me.uk we are very pleased to hear of the San Francisco milestone, and we quote from the original article as follows: San Francisco’s garbage company says it expects to collect the 1 millionth ton of food scraps today, a milestone meant to remind holiday cooks to sort out their potato peelings and turkey [...] Read more »
Puma Compostable Trainers and T-Shirts to Be Manufactured
Puma has made a huge promise today to produce highly sustainable Puma compostable trainers and T-shirts, in a development which could well be the start of a movement that will be capable of raising the level of composting across the globe to a whole new level. For such a prominent and fashion-led sports wear designer/manufacturer to make this pledge is something [...] Read more »
