military composting
Challenges of Military Facility Composting
Disposal of food waste and landscape waste from military facilities is costly and logistically challenging due to security concerns. Military bases and facilities need predictable turn-key solutions to efficiently process compostable waste streams on site.
Stormwater Management
With PFAS concerns on the rise, it has become more pertinent to ensure runoff is contained and properly treated. Our reliable solutions ensure that all contact water is controlled and either treated prior to discharge, or reused in the composting process.
Pathogen Destruction
GMT’s deep understanding of aeration requirements, compost recipes, and temperature monitoring ensures outstanding pathogen destruction, with automated temperature tracking in exportable csv files.
Permitting and Public Relations
The military holds itself to the highest standards when building facilities that could affect the public or environment. Through decades of experience, we have learned how to work with regulators and permit facilities that protect both the environment and objectives of our clients.
Labor Costs
Labor is the biggest expense for any operation. Our solutions are easy to operate and often require minimal effort beyond what is already being done for disposal.
Our Solutions
Green Mountain Technologies offers proven solutions for military facilities, from affordable aerated static pile (ASP) systems to automated in-vessel systems. GMT provides military facilities with the tools to implement high performance on-site composting while controlling odor and pests.
1. Aerated Static Pile (ASP)
ASP composting eliminates the need for mechanical turning of the material, while speeding up the composting process to just 30 days, plus 4-8 weeks curing time (compared to 6+ months with turned windrow composting). Our ASP systems can reduce footprint and material handling costs by as much as 75% when compared to windrow composting.
Low
Opex
WebMACs
Controls
Low Handling Costs
4+ Week
Active Process
2. Tunnel Composting System
The CompoBox Tunnel System is the most cost effective in-vessel composting system on the market. Each CompoBox is enclosed within a hoop house and accessed through hydraulic load doors. Once filled the CompoBox tunnel system processes the feedstocks in positive, negative or reversing aeration capturing and treating all exhaust air.
Low
Opex
Fully
Enclosed
Minimal
Odor
4+ Week
Active Process
3. Earth Flow Composting
The Earth Flow system makes composting fast and easy, with just a 14 day process time to produce ready-to-cure compost with minimal labor. The system is completely enclosed giving you excellent control over odor and stormwater, making it a great solution for those in urban areas or looking for ease of permitting.
Low
Opex
Fully
Enclosed
Minimal
Odor
2+ Week
Active Process
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"With our previous turned windrow systems we had a hard time keeping up. That stress has been alleviated with our site built Earth Flow. The long-term investment in the system has a return on both labor and operating costs. I am no longer spending 16 hours a week in a skid steer and have the opportunity to spend more time in the field and greenhouse. We are also producing more compost than our old turned- windrow process, which helped us quickly transition into a no till farm.”
- Nate Bundy, Compost Manager at Green Acres Farm
