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How to Manage Rainfall and Leachate on Compost Piles

Last week I was in North Idaho winterizing soil piles from a foundation excavation for a new house I am building near Coeur d’Alene. It took 4 hours to cover...
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How to Control Compost Odors

The first and last concern everyone has about composting is the smell. Compost odors that offend (malodors) can make life very difficult, and coexistence with neighbors sometimes impossible. In other...
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Interactive world map of GMT installations

Over the last twenty-five years, Green Mountain Technologies has installed composting systems for companies, organizations, and institutions across the country and around the world. As global interest in sustainability grows,...
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Washington State University Expands Their Windrow Operation

System Install: 2007 System Expansion: 2015 CLIENT CHALLENGE Green Mountain Technologies installed a 12,000 ton per year Aerated Static Pile (ASP) composting system for Washington State University (WSU) in 2007....
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GMT Designs a Large Scale Composting System for Cowlitz Valley Compost

CLIENT CHALLENGE Swanson Bark and Wood Products is a leading manufacturer of bagged mulch products for the landscape industry. They were interested in adding compost to their product line and saw...
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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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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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GMT’s Jeff Gage Speaks On ASP And Windrow Compost Production In Egypt

GMT will be at the BioCycle West Coast Conference April 8-11 in San Diego and Jeff Gage will speak on Wednesday, April 10th at 8:30 AM on ASP And Windrow...
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Annen Farms Uses Green Mountain Technologies’ ASP Composting System

From BioCycle: Mount Angel, Oregon: Hop Compost Mount Angel is in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, where much of the specialty hops for microbreweries are grown. Hop producers generally have...
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How to Manage Rainfall and Leachate on Compost Piles

Last week I was in North Idaho winterizing soil piles from a foundation excavation for a new house I am building near Coeur d’Alene. It took 4 hours to cover...
Featured image for “How to Manage Rainfall and Leachate on Compost Piles”

How to Control Compost Odors

The first and last concern everyone has about composting is the smell. Compost odors that offend (malodors) can make life very difficult, and coexistence with neighbors sometimes impossible. In other...
Featured image for “How to Control Compost Odors”

Interactive world map of GMT installations

Over the last twenty-five years, Green Mountain Technologies has installed composting systems for companies, organizations, and institutions across the country and around the world. As global interest in sustainability grows,...
Featured image for “Interactive world map of GMT installations”

Washington State University Expands Their Windrow Operation

System Install: 2007 System Expansion: 2015 CLIENT CHALLENGE Green Mountain Technologies installed a 12,000 ton per year Aerated Static Pile (ASP) composting system for Washington State University (WSU) in 2007....
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GMT Designs a Large Scale Composting System for Cowlitz Valley Compost

CLIENT CHALLENGE Swanson Bark and Wood Products is a leading manufacturer of bagged mulch products for the landscape industry. They were interested in adding compost to their product line and saw...
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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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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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GMT’s Jeff Gage Speaks On ASP And Windrow Compost Production In Egypt

GMT will be at the BioCycle West Coast Conference April 8-11 in San Diego and Jeff Gage will speak on Wednesday, April 10th at 8:30 AM on ASP And Windrow...
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Annen Farms Uses Green Mountain Technologies’ ASP Composting System

From BioCycle: Mount Angel, Oregon: Hop Compost Mount Angel is in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, where much of the specialty hops for microbreweries are grown. Hop producers generally have...
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