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Purdy Composting Facility Celebrates 20+ Years Of Operation!

Purdy Compost Facility (LRI) in Pierce County, Washington has been operating a successful and productive ASP System for over 20 years. They opened their doors in 1992 processing approximately 33,000...
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GMT Wins Award For Innovative Manure Management Technologies.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued a Request for Proposals for demonstration projects with proven and innovative technologies that manage agricultural manure and on-farm generated waste in a manner that...
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It’s All About The Bulking Agent

In the food waste composting business, our constant companion, our nemesis, our savior, our persistent crutch and limitation is: bulking agent.  I’d love to not be dependent on it but…...
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The Case for Community Based Composting

Download: Community Composting (PDF) slideshow by Michael Bryan-Brown, CEO of Green Mountain Technologies, for the NRRA Conference....
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Olympic Organics Tour June 4, 2014

Olympic Organics gave a tour of their newly re-opened facility in Hansville, WA on June 4, 2014. The facility processes up to 20,000 tons of food and yard waste per...
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Massachusetts Food Waste Ban To Take Effect On October 1, 2014

Patrick Administration Finalizes Commercial Food Waste Disposal Ban BOSTON – Friday, January 31, 2014 – The Patrick Administration today announced final statewide commercial food waste disposal ban regulations to take...
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Is Your Compost Pile Sick?

Have you taken your compost pile’s temperature lately?This is the easiest way to tell if you are really composting! If your pile is between 120° to 160°, then you are...
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33rd Annual Northeast Recycling Conference & Expo

RE: 33rd Annual Northeast Recycling Conference & Expo in Manchester, NH on June 9-10, 2014. Michael Bryan-Brown, BSCE, Founder & CEO, Green Mountain Technologies will be presenting: The Case for...
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Michael Bryan-Brown Presents At 2014 Rhode Island Compost Conference

GMT President Michael Bryan-Brown presented “Comparison of In-Vessel and Open Pile Composting” at the Rhode Island Compost Conference, March 10, 2014.    ...
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Vermont Organics Recycling Summit, April 3, 2014

GMT will be exhibiting at the Vermont Organics Recycling Summit at the Vermont Technical College, Judd Hall in Randolph Center, VT on April 3, 2014....
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Purdy Composting Facility Celebrates 20+ Years Of Operation!

Purdy Compost Facility (LRI) in Pierce County, Washington has been operating a successful and productive ASP System for over 20 years. They opened their doors in 1992 processing approximately 33,000...
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GMT Wins Award For Innovative Manure Management Technologies.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued a Request for Proposals for demonstration projects with proven and innovative technologies that manage agricultural manure and on-farm generated waste in a manner that...
Featured image for “GMT Wins Award For Innovative Manure Management Technologies.”

It’s All About The Bulking Agent

In the food waste composting business, our constant companion, our nemesis, our savior, our persistent crutch and limitation is: bulking agent.  I’d love to not be dependent on it but…...
Featured image for “It’s All About The Bulking Agent”

The Case for Community Based Composting

Download: Community Composting (PDF) slideshow by Michael Bryan-Brown, CEO of Green Mountain Technologies, for the NRRA Conference....
Featured image for “The Case for Community Based Composting”

Olympic Organics Tour June 4, 2014

Olympic Organics gave a tour of their newly re-opened facility in Hansville, WA on June 4, 2014. The facility processes up to 20,000 tons of food and yard waste per...
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Massachusetts Food Waste Ban To Take Effect On October 1, 2014

Patrick Administration Finalizes Commercial Food Waste Disposal Ban BOSTON – Friday, January 31, 2014 – The Patrick Administration today announced final statewide commercial food waste disposal ban regulations to take...
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Is Your Compost Pile Sick?

Have you taken your compost pile’s temperature lately?This is the easiest way to tell if you are really composting! If your pile is between 120° to 160°, then you are...
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33rd Annual Northeast Recycling Conference & Expo

RE: 33rd Annual Northeast Recycling Conference & Expo in Manchester, NH on June 9-10, 2014. Michael Bryan-Brown, BSCE, Founder & CEO, Green Mountain Technologies will be presenting: The Case for...
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Michael Bryan-Brown Presents At 2014 Rhode Island Compost Conference

GMT President Michael Bryan-Brown presented “Comparison of In-Vessel and Open Pile Composting” at the Rhode Island Compost Conference, March 10, 2014.    ...
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Vermont Organics Recycling Summit, April 3, 2014

GMT will be exhibiting at the Vermont Organics Recycling Summit at the Vermont Technical College, Judd Hall in Randolph Center, VT on April 3, 2014....
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