College partners with Goodrich Farm on anaerobic digester project
Middlebury College broke ground on an anaerobic digester facility at the end of August, pushing the college towards its goal of using 100% renewable energy sources by 2028. The digester, the first of its kind in Vermont, will combine cow manure and food waste to...
BioCycle Editorial: “The Times, They Are A Changin’”
Today, we ask you to “come gather ‘round” to learn about how the times are changing at BioCycle headquarters. Starting January 1, 2020, BioCycle, The Organics Recycling Authority, will be published online. After the November-December 2019 “Keepsake” issue is printed,...
New Jersey releases draft plan to reduce food waste 50% by 2030
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) recently released a draft plan to reduce food waste 50% by 2030. According to rough calculations, the agency estimates 1.46 million tons of food waste was generated in the state during 2017 and more than...
WBA calls for decisive policies to fulfill global decarbonisation potential of biogas
Following on from the recent publication of its Global Potential of Biogas report, which demonstrates that biogas could rapidly reduce world GHG emissions by a massive 12%, the World Biogas Association (WBA), an ABC member, has issued recommendations to world...
Dane County Featured In National Climate Change Study
A national report on addressing climate change released Monday highlights ABC member Dane County's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. "How We Respond," from the nonprofit American Association for the Advancement of Science, features 18 communities that have...
Capturing methane in Dane County, WI
A film by Impact Media Lab produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) featuring the role anaerobic digestion and modern landfilling is playing to reduce methane emissions in Dane County, Wisconsin. Featuring ABC members Dane County,...
As Landfills and Incinerators Close or Reach Capacity, Massachusetts is Running Out of Places to Process Trash
Massachusetts is running out of places to put trash and the situation will put upward pressure on prices as the cost of disposal rises for contractors. “In certain circumstances, the lack of a local disposal option may drive increased costs as there is an added...
Biogas In 2020: The State Of Play
BioCycle REFOR19 Conference (Madison, Wisconsin, October 28-31) sessions kick off with this opening plenary Think Tank session moderated by BioCycle Editor Nora Goldstein. Panelists Joe Parisi (County Executive, Dane County, Wisconsin), Tanja Vujic (Director Of Biogas...
DTE Biomass Energy opens first RNG processing and interstate injection site in Wisconsin
DTE Biomass Energy, a non-regulated subsidiary of DTE Energy and ABC member, today announced it has opened its first and the state of Wisconsin's first combined dairy renewable natural gas (RNG) processing and interstate injection facility. With over three decades of...