When Michael Bryan-Brown, President of Green Mountain Technologies (GMT), first heard Washington State Governor Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order on March 23, his first reaction was, “Oh sh*t.” The good news is that composting was designated as an “essential business” for …
Can You Really Compost in One Day?
Green Mountain Technologies is in the business of manufacturing technologies that help organizations compost. In this business, we often find ourselves in the position of advocating for aerobic composting as a beneficial process and an intelligent way to recycle nutrients. …
Green Mountain Technologies Granted Composting Patent
Bainbridge Island, WA: Green Mountain Technologies is excited to announce that US Patent number 10414696 has been issued for both radial and circular composting systems. The primary benefit of the new designs is to improve handling efficiency and reduce the …
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 the piles by myself using large 28’ by 48’ recycled …
Selecting Equipment for Composting Facilities
Proper equipment selection is crucial to developing a successful composting operation. But don’t go about it blindly. Know what you need and how to get it. Getting Started The number and variety of composting facilities continues to grow as do …
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 words; all your investment is at risk when you generate …
Deeper Green: Closed-Loop Composting on Campus
Each year, US colleges throw away an estimated 22 million pounds of food. That’s millions of pounds of useful resources being thrown in the trash, and millions of dollars spent to haul that food waste away. While many schools and …
Farewell Earth Tub
Saying Goodbye to the Earth Tub After over 20 years of bringing composting to local communities around the globe, we are sad to announce the discontinuation of the Earth Tub. The manufacturer who created the molded tub and lid was …
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Composting Toilets
At Green Mountain Technologies, we love composting and we’re always looking for ways to practice what we preach. So we are excited to be installing a composting toilet at our Headquarters here on Bainbridge Island. By using a composting toilet, …