City of Phoenix Turned Aerated Pile (TAP) Composting System Flyover Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IxmLby53Qc While we're on the topic of massive turned aerated piles, here's a related video to my last post of a facility in Phoenix, AZ.
How Gigantic Turned Aerated Piles Work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Wcfcoxvr8 This is a good overview of how an outdoor composting system works. I hope they can make videos explaining water treatment, biofilters and trommel screening in greater detail. I've always wondered where washing of the equipment, such as trucks and equipment, comes into play. I never see it mentioned, although odors have led to the downfall of plenty of composting programs...
Failure of the Wilmington Compost Facility Underscores Need for a Locally Based and Diverse Composting Infrastructure (article by Neil Seldman)
The content that follows was written by Neil Seldman and originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://ilsr.org/failure-wilmington-compost-facility-underscores-locally-based-diverse-composting-infrastructure/ Go directly to the link above to check it out. I'm reposting simply because hopefully more people will read it that way and it's an important topic to discuss if we're to move in the right direction with one of our biggest waste issues. The rapid increase in community-scale composting in the Mid-Atlantic is sorely needed. The recent closing of the Wilmington Organics Recycling Center in Delaware, due to the loss of its operating permit, has pushed the need for a distributed and diverse composting infrastructure to the fore. Source separated food discard programs from New York City to Washington, DC, are now scrambling to find alternative sites to…