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Minimize Costs & Maximize Efficiency with ASP Composting

Learn about the Cowlitz Valley ASP Composting facility in Longview Washington, designed by GMT. This mass-bed pipe-on-grade ASP system maximizes space efficiency and minimizes material handling costs, while also minimizing...
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Designing & Operating ASP Facilities

This educational video uses 3D computer animation to show various ways that GMT’s indoor and outdoor aerated static pile facilities can be designed and operated with aeration pipes above ground...
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Brady Trucking Opens New Food Waste Composting Facility in Shelton, WA

Shelton-Washington October 2, 2023: Brady Trucking Co. is operating a new food waste composting system at their existing mulch production facility in Shelton, Washington. The composting facility uses an advanced...
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How Salinas Valley Compost Facility Operates

This short video explains how the compost facility at Salinas Valley Waste Authority in California operates. This is one of the largest food waste composting facilities in N. America, designed...
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Recology Ostrom Organics Receives 2023 Organics Management Facility of the Year Award

The Recology Ostrom Organics composting facility in the San Francisco Bay area of California was awarded the 2023 Organics Management Facility of the Year Award by the National Waste &...
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Best Ways To Maintain Moisture In Compost Piles

In hot and dry weather climates, water is a critical ingredient for effective composting. The expression “water is life” certainly applies to microbial life as well.  Without adequate moisture, compost...
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How a Public Garden Began Affordable On-Site Composting

The Bloedel Reserve is one of the most highly acclaimed public gardens in the United States. Two miles of trails wind through 150 acres of wild landscapes and curated gardens...
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Which is Better; Pipe At Grade or Sparger Aeration Floors?

Check out Orion Black-Brown, Green Mountain Technologies mechanical engineers’ latest presentation at Virtual Compost 2021! In this video presentation, Orion explores the aeration design of an Oregon-based aerated static pile (ASP) composting facility,...
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Low Cost Equestrian

Full Sail Farm is an equestrian facility nestled in Salinas River valley in California that boards 8-18 horses during the year. Karl Gage, owner and operator, manages between 1,800 and...
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Interactive World Map of GMT Installations

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Minimize Costs & Maximize Efficiency with ASP Composting

Learn about the Cowlitz Valley ASP Composting facility in Longview Washington, designed by GMT. This mass-bed pipe-on-grade ASP system maximizes space efficiency and minimizes material handling costs, while also minimizing...
Featured image for “Minimize Costs & Maximize Efficiency with ASP Composting”

Designing & Operating ASP Facilities

This educational video uses 3D computer animation to show various ways that GMT’s indoor and outdoor aerated static pile facilities can be designed and operated with aeration pipes above ground...
Featured image for “Designing & Operating ASP Facilities”

Brady Trucking Opens New Food Waste Composting Facility in Shelton, WA

Shelton-Washington October 2, 2023: Brady Trucking Co. is operating a new food waste composting system at their existing mulch production facility in Shelton, Washington. The composting facility uses an advanced...
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How Salinas Valley Compost Facility Operates

This short video explains how the compost facility at Salinas Valley Waste Authority in California operates. This is one of the largest food waste composting facilities in N. America, designed...
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Recology Ostrom Organics Receives 2023 Organics Management Facility of the Year Award

The Recology Ostrom Organics composting facility in the San Francisco Bay area of California was awarded the 2023 Organics Management Facility of the Year Award by the National Waste &...
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Best Ways To Maintain Moisture In Compost Piles

In hot and dry weather climates, water is a critical ingredient for effective composting. The expression “water is life” certainly applies to microbial life as well.  Without adequate moisture, compost...
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How a Public Garden Began Affordable On-Site Composting

The Bloedel Reserve is one of the most highly acclaimed public gardens in the United States. Two miles of trails wind through 150 acres of wild landscapes and curated gardens...
Featured image for “How a Public Garden Began Affordable On-Site Composting”

Which is Better; Pipe At Grade or Sparger Aeration Floors?

Check out Orion Black-Brown, Green Mountain Technologies mechanical engineers’ latest presentation at Virtual Compost 2021! In this video presentation, Orion explores the aeration design of an Oregon-based aerated static pile (ASP) composting facility,...
Featured image for “Which is Better; Pipe At Grade or Sparger Aeration Floors?”

Low Cost Equestrian

Full Sail Farm is an equestrian facility nestled in Salinas River valley in California that boards 8-18 horses during the year. Karl Gage, owner and operator, manages between 1,800 and...
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Interactive World Map of GMT Installations

...
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