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Organics (Composting, Healthy Soils, Food Waste, Biosolids, Biomass, Anaerobic Digesters, etc.) (45 publications 2001-2024)


Title (link to summary)NumberDate (released or updated)
Organics Law Outreach - Instructions for Identifying Businesses 24-07-013March 2024
Organics Management - Business Collection Requirements 22-07-025August 2023
Organics Management - Compost Procurement Ordinances and Reporting 22-07-026April 2023
Focus on Organics Management Law - Overview 23-07-003February 2023
Program Guidelines Waste Reduction & Recycling Education 19-07-015July 2019
Focus on Efficient & Flexible Environmental Statutes 15-06-024December 2015
Focus on “Biobased,” “Biodegradable,” & "Compostable" Plastics 14-07-017August 2014
Guidelines for Operating an Anaerobic Digester Exempted From Solid Waste Handling Permit 09-07-029February 2014
Applied Research and Extension for Second-Generation Organic Waste Processing: High Solids Anaerobic Digestion, Nutrient Recovery, and Pyrolysis 14-07-010December 2013
Organics Management Facilities: Do you need a Solid Waste Permit? 13-07-057November 2013
Odor in Commercial Scale Compost: Literature Review and Critical Analysis 13-07-066October 2013
Odor Prevention, Management/Mitigation Plan Requirements 13-07-061August 2013
Siting and Operating Composting Facilities in Washington State Good Management Practices 11-07-005July 2013
Focus on Soil Carbon Sequestration 13-07-031June 2013
Home Composting Survey Report - 2012 12-07-068November 2012
Focus on Food Donation 11-07-032November 2011
Methods for Producing Biochar and Advanced Biofuels in Washington StatePart 1: Literature Review of Pyrolysis Reactors 11-07-017April 2011
Biomass Inventory and Bioenergy Assessment: An Evaluation of Organic Material Resources for Bioenergy Production in Washington State 05-07-047April 2011
Focus on Compost: Buying and Using Compost 10-07-028September 2010
Organic Waste to Resources Research and Pilot Project Report: Producing Energy and Fertilizer from Organic Municipal Solid Waste 09-07-064July 2010
Organic Waste to Resources Research and Pilot Project Report: Land Application-a true path to zero waste? 09-07-059July 2010
Organic Waste to Resources Research and Pilot Project Report: Waste to Fuels Technology: Evaluating Three Technology Options and the Economics for Converting Biomass to Fuels 09-07-058July 2010
Building Healthy Soil 09-07-035June 2010
Focus on Organic Mulch 09-07-033March 2010
Focus on Buying Topsoil/Soil Blend Products 09-07-032December 2009
Organic Waste to Resources Research and Pilot Project Report: Creating High Value Potting Media from Composts Made with Biosolids and Carbon-Rich Organic Wastes 09-07-069September 2009
Organic Waste to Resources Research and Pilot Project Report: The Next Step for Biomass Energy Development in Clallam County 09-07-067September 2009
Organic Waste to Resources Research and Pilot Project Report: Sierra Heights Vermicomposter Project 09-07-066September 2009
Organic Waste to Resources Research and Pilot Project Report: Biodiesel and Biohydrogen Co-Production with Treatment of High Solid Food Waste 09-07-065September 2009
Organic Waste to Resources Research and Pilot Project Report: Use of Biochar from the Pyrolysis of Waste Organic Material as a Soil Amendment 09-07-062September 2009
Organic Waste to Resources Research and Pilot Project Report: New Bio-refinery Concept to Convert Softwood Bark to Transportation Fuels Final Report to the Washington State Department of Ecology 09-07-061September 2009
Organic Waste to Resources Research and Pilot Project Report: Converting Washington Lignocellulosic Rich Urban Waste to Ethanol 09-07-060September 2009
Sustainable State Government 09-04-009April 2009
Natural Yard Care: Five steps to make your piece of the planet a healthier place to live. 08-07-064December 2008
Biomass Inventory Technology and Economics Assessment -- Report 1. Characteristics of Biomass 07-07-025June 2007
Producing Energy and Fertilizer From Organic Municipal Solid Waste -- Project Deliverable #1 07-07-024June 2007
Managing Food Scraps at Institutions and Agencies - A Guide for Washington State 06-07-033February 2007
Home Composting Survey Report 05-07-044October 2005
Garbage to Garden, It's Compost Time! 05-07-031August 2005
On-Farm Composting of Livestock Mortalities 05-07-034July 2005
¿Por qué compostear? (Why compost? [Spanish]) 05-07-017ESJuly 2005
Why compost? 05-07-017July 2005
Beyond Waste Consultant Team Issue Paper #4: Establishing an Organics Cycle in Washington 03-07-028December 2003
Focus On Orchard Burning - Tear-Out and Prunings 00-02-009August 2003
Sampling and Analysis of Washington State Composts: Measurement of Dioxins, Furans, Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Organochlorine Pesticides 02-07-001December 2001

 

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