Start Composting in Your Backyard or Balcony Today!
January 26, 2012
After our profile in the Boston Globe, we got a few questions from the community curious about how people can get started composting right away. We put together a few tips and tricks on the best practices for composting in your backyard or on your balcony, as well as a handful of helpful links. Add Read more...
A Greener NY? Anaerobic Digestion Can Help!
January 24, 2012
On January 12, 2012, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivered his annual “State of the City” address. It was the mayor’s 11th such speech and, as we were pleased to see, one of his most environmentally-focused. In fact, Bloomberg spent a hefty portion of it introducing the City’s new PlaNYC environmental agenda. “If we’re Read more...
Harvest Power presents at USCC Annual Conference: January 17-20 Austin, TX
January 17, 2012
Everyone is excited about this year’s 20th Annual US Composting Council Conference and Tradeshow at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin, TX. The conference will feature workshops, training courses, tours, and a trade-show dedicated to composting, wood waste and organics recycling. Several Harvest representatives are amongst the key industry presenters. The USCC Conference, for those that don’t know Read more...
Harvest Certified as a B Corporation
January 17, 2012
Great news! Harvest has been certified as a B Corporation, joining the ranks of companies such as Patagonia and Seventh Generation Certified B Corporations use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. Harvest was a perfect fit, but in order to earn B Corp certification, we were evaluated by a non-profit organization Read more...
Top posts from 2011: composting, organic waste management, anaerobic digestion, community initiatives
December 28, 2011
As 2011 comes to a close, we’ve taken a look back at the 100+ blog posts from the past year…..and identified a few that are worth discovering, or re-visiting. Key themes forming the foundation of this blog have been organic waste management, anaerobic digestion, food waste, composting, landfill diversion, soil amendment and the initiatives of Read more...
Holiday composting, a gift for you and the earth
December 21, 2011
Ahhhh the holiday season. A time for friends, family, decorations, food…..and composting. Many thanks to the blog at Envirocitizen.Org for outlining a range of holiday composting ideas and tips. In their words, “…the holidays offer a true opportunity to give mother Earth a special holiday gift, the gift of compost!…” Composting around the holidays makes Read more...
Austin: one city’s plan to approach zero waste
December 16, 2011
Austin, Texas is in the process of implementing a comprehensive overhaul of its waste plan to reduce the vast majority of waste that is currently being diverted to landfills. The plan includes a large recycling and composting initiative as well as waste reduction incentives for families and businesses. Under Austin Resource Recovery’s master plan, the Read more...
Success stories: food waste management and recycling
December 13, 2011
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has done an outstanding job of organizing and presenting useful and informative information on their website. For example in the “Wastes” area of the EPA site there are quick links to vast amounts of information on a wide range of topics: composting, electronics recycling, household hazardous waste, materials and Read more...
Small town considers anaerobic digestion for many reasons
December 10, 2011
Hamilton, Massachusetts, a seaside town north of Boston, is considering a plan to build an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility and thereby use composting as a means of building its bottom line. The town government has hired a consultant to study the potential for a facility at the former landfill near the town line. Results from Read more...
Harvest Power in the news
December 7, 2011
Harvest Power is a leader in creating renewable energy and high quality compost from organic waste. Every once in a while it is interesting to take stock of how the world looks at us. November was a big month in terms of coverage across a variety of media. Renewable Energy World, “Strong Public support drives Read more...
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