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The Nature Conservancy Composting: GMT Launches The Earth Cube

“It’s great. Very easy to ‘plug-and-play’ and no spaces for animals or bugs to get in. I was surprised that, within less than 2 weeks from start-up, the compost was...
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San Diego County Partners With Ramona High School To Reduce Food Waste

Ramona High School just started a food waste reduction program using the Earth Tub System. They are partnering with the County of San Diego to create a sustainability program that...
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GMT’s Top Nine Tips For Conducting A Food Waste Assessment

So you want to determine exactly how much food waste you are generating. Good idea – but how? Completing a food waste assessment can seem like a daunting task. The...
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GMT Kicks-Off Green Technology for the Super Bowl

Phoenix, Arizona – January 27, 2015 – Seattle is contributing more than a great football team to the Super Bowl coming up this weekend in Arizona. Bainbridge-based Green Mountain Technologies...
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New Day Recycling Monitors Compost Remotely With Mobile Phone: WebMACS Aeration Control System

WebMACS aeration control system allows start-up composter to communicate with facility using smart phone By Keith Barker December 5, 2014 Jeff West comes from a waste industry background. He spent...
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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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The Nature Conservancy Composting: GMT Launches The Earth Cube

“It’s great. Very easy to ‘plug-and-play’ and no spaces for animals or bugs to get in. I was surprised that, within less than 2 weeks from start-up, the compost was...
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San Diego County Partners With Ramona High School To Reduce Food Waste

Ramona High School just started a food waste reduction program using the Earth Tub System. They are partnering with the County of San Diego to create a sustainability program that...
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GMT’s Top Nine Tips For Conducting A Food Waste Assessment

So you want to determine exactly how much food waste you are generating. Good idea – but how? Completing a food waste assessment can seem like a daunting task. The...
Featured image for “GMT’s Top Nine Tips For Conducting A Food Waste Assessment”

GMT Kicks-Off Green Technology for the Super Bowl

Phoenix, Arizona – January 27, 2015 – Seattle is contributing more than a great football team to the Super Bowl coming up this weekend in Arizona. Bainbridge-based Green Mountain Technologies...
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New Day Recycling Monitors Compost Remotely With Mobile Phone: WebMACS Aeration Control System

WebMACS aeration control system allows start-up composter to communicate with facility using smart phone By Keith Barker December 5, 2014 Jeff West comes from a waste industry background. He spent...
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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…...
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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