Are you curious about how institutional food waste can be composted on-site instead of paying to haul it to a landfill or composting facility? This short video shows how Rutgers University is converting campus food waste into valuable compost with …
Rutgers EcoComplex Gets an Earth Flow™
Press Release-April 26 2023Rutgers EcoComplex today announced the commissioning of a new automated in-vessel composting system for the university’s Cook Campus in New Brunswick, the campus home of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural …
Earth Flow Composts Biodegradable Plastics in 3 Weeks
In 2014, Green Mountain Technologies conducted a collaborative research project with Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota and World Centric, a manufacturer of compostable serviceware, to test the compostability of World Centric serviceware items in an Earth Flow composting system installed …
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 …
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. The facility takes in agricultural waste from the research farms …
Designing a Compost System into a Greenhouse at Gustavus Adolphus College
CLIENT CHALLENGE Gustavus Adolphus College is a small, liberal arts college in St. Peter, Minnesota that envisioned an integrated compost and green house operation on campus. This unique project uses the heat from the aerobic composting to heat a green …
University of Maine Saves $32k/year Composting Food Waste
SYSTEM INSTALL: 2012 CLIENT NEED The University of Maine in Orono, Maine generates around 450 tons of food waste per year. The University was spending $65,000 per year for off-site composting. To decrease this high cost and to also bring …
Colorado State University Composts to Reduce Overhead and Create Educational Experiences
SYSTEM INSTALL: 2011 CLIENT NEED After many years of trucking the University’s food and landscape waste 50 miles one-way to an off-site commercial composting operation, Colorado State University (CSU) decided it was time to look into alternatives. The significant transport …
Utah State University Uses the Earth Flow to Turn Food Waste into Vibrant Gardens
USU Earth Flow system installed in 2015 CLIENT NEED Utah State University (USU) in Logan, Utah sought an on-site, in-vessel composting system to help it: Conduct closed-loop food-waste composting on campus Reduce greenhouse gas emissions Reduce solid waste and disposal …
Two Students Receive Grant and Purchase GMT’s Earth Cube
CLIENT NEED Two students from Lone Peak High School in Big Sky, Montana decided to divert their school district’s food and paper waste from the landfill. The students recognized the value of keeping this material out of the trash, and …
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