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So What’s the Deal with Bulking Agents?

So What’s the Deal with Bulking Agents? Understanding how bulking agents function in the compost process allows us to find the optimal material for any composting operation. This article explores:...
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Can You Compost In Winter?

Winter Composting Tips From Green Mountain Technologies Question: Is it possible to compost in the wintertime? Answer: Sure.  However, there is less margin for error for composting effectively in severely...
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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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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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Is Your Compost Pile Sick?

Have you taken your compost pile’s temperature lately?This is the easiest way to tell if you are really composting! If your pile is between 120° to 160°, then you are...
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Jeff Gage Compost Videos Now Online

Be sure to check out Jeff Gage’s video series of composting information and tips. We’ve just doubled the number of short videos of Jeff speaking on a wide ranging number...
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New York Times Article on Vermiculture

Reference: Worms Produce Another Kind of Gold for Growers in NYTimes.com We want to draw attention to a particular statement from the article that could easily be missed: “Both operations...
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The Million Pound Challenge

We recently completed an install of our In-Vessel Earth Flow composting systems for Colorado State University and now we’re off to install another Earth Flow at the University of Maine....
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Noted Composting Expert, Jeff Gage, Joins Green Mountain Technologies

Jeff Gage, internationally known facility designer and manager of large scale industrial composting facilities has joined Green Mountain Technologies. Jeff has a degree in Advanced Environmental Studies from the Evergreen...
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So What’s the Deal with Bulking Agents?

So What’s the Deal with Bulking Agents? Understanding how bulking agents function in the compost process allows us to find the optimal material for any composting operation. This article explores:...
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Can You Compost In Winter?

Winter Composting Tips From Green Mountain Technologies Question: Is it possible to compost in the wintertime? Answer: Sure.  However, there is less margin for error for composting effectively in severely...
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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”

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”

Is Your Compost Pile Sick?

Have you taken your compost pile’s temperature lately?This is the easiest way to tell if you are really composting! If your pile is between 120° to 160°, then you are...
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Jeff Gage Compost Videos Now Online

Be sure to check out Jeff Gage’s video series of composting information and tips. We’ve just doubled the number of short videos of Jeff speaking on a wide ranging number...
Featured image for “Jeff Gage Compost Videos Now Online”

New York Times Article on Vermiculture

Reference: Worms Produce Another Kind of Gold for Growers in NYTimes.com We want to draw attention to a particular statement from the article that could easily be missed: “Both operations...
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The Million Pound Challenge

We recently completed an install of our In-Vessel Earth Flow composting systems for Colorado State University and now we’re off to install another Earth Flow at the University of Maine....
Featured image for “The Million Pound Challenge”

Noted Composting Expert, Jeff Gage, Joins Green Mountain Technologies

Jeff Gage, internationally known facility designer and manager of large scale industrial composting facilities has joined Green Mountain Technologies. Jeff has a degree in Advanced Environmental Studies from the Evergreen...
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