Rome, NY board gives go-ahead for construction of anaerobic digester
During the last meeting of the year, the city’s Board of Estimate and Contract, unanimously passed measures paving the way for the planned wastewater treatment plant's anaerobic digester to be operational by the end of 2020. With engineering work already complete,...
Energy and finance industry veteran joins Drylet as new President and CEO
Drylet, LLC, an award-winning bioremediation technology company with a strong waste-to-energy focus (and an ABC member), announced today that Trevor Turbidy is succeeding Luka Erceg as the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Turbidy served most recently...
New York closer to citywide commercial organics diversion with latest proposal
New York City is on track to have one of the nation's more widespread commercial organics diversion mandates in the latest sign of ambitious local policy to boost this growing sector. Earlier this fall, the city's Department of Sanitation (DSNY) proposed a new rule...
New Jersey Natural Gas Announces 100% Renewable Offset of Its Facility and Fleet Natural Gas Emissions
New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) today announced it has completely offset its facility and fleet use of natural gas with renewable energy. By purchasing Renewable Natural Gas Attributes (RNGAs), renewable energy credits generated from the production of Renewable Natural...
Remembering Amp Americas Co-founder Martin Hollander
Our hearts are heavy for Martin’s family and all of our friends at Am Americas. From Amp Americas' Grant Zimmerman: The Amp Americas team has been devastated by the news that one of our co-founders, Martin Hollander, along with his wife and two teenage sons, were on...
New Jersey Assembly passes organics diversion mandate without landfill exemption
The New Jersey General Assembly passed a bill earlier this week – by a vote of 51 to 25 – that would require certain large-scale generators to separate organics if they are within 25 miles of an authorized recycling facility. The bill (A3726) directly followed...
Chicken waste conversion project may ease ground water contamination
Has Delaware found a solution to its long-running problem of ground water contamination from the waste produced by poultry plants? A new plan to convert chicken waste from a Delaware processing plant into usable compost and natural gas promises to remove...
Chew On This: Farmers Are Using Food Waste To Make Electricity
As the season of big holiday meals kicks off, it's as good a time as any to reflect on just how much food goes to waste. So, here's one solution to the problem: Dairy farmers in Massachusetts are using food waste to create electricity. They feed waste into anaerobic...
InSinkerator’s Wisconsin Office Enables Research and Design
The world’s largest manufacturer of garbage disposals, instant hot water dispensers, and ABC member wanted a modern, state-of-the-art work environment that would optimize productivity and help attract and retain employees. The 87,000-sq-ft building for InSinkerator...