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Mulch Makers Report Strong Start to Season

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ollowing a weather-challenged 2018, mulch manufacturers in the Southern U.S. say 2019 has gotten off to a strong start. With better cooperation from the weather, most producers contacted by Soil & Mulch Producer News said they expect improved markets and increased production this year.

“Orders are coming in good and early,” said Robert LaGasse, executive director of the Mulch & Soil Council (MSC). “It’s an initial appearance of a good season.”

Gina McLean, of Penick Organics, Macon, Miss., agreed.

“Sales are already strong and the weather hasn’t really been that good,” McLean said.

“We’re expecting strong sales to continue this year. We really didn’t have a fall season. It was really hot, then it was cold and wet, and I think there is a lot of pent up demand because of that.

We say in the south that when the temperature is over 90 degrees people don’t put mulch out, and we had a really late hot season. We never had any cool, nice days in the fall.”

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by Soil & Mulch Producer News in early February, many mulch manufacturers experienced significant reductions in bulk sales in 2018 compared to 2017. Poor weather was generally cited as the main reason.

Of the producers who responded, 38 percent reported lower bulk sales in 2018 compared to 2017; 44 percent reported an increase in bulk sales, and 18 percent reported that sales were about the same as in 2017. Of those who reported an increase in bulk sales, the average increase was only about 4 percent.

Sales of bagged products performed somewhat better. Fifty-eight percent of respondents said bagged product sales improved in 2018 compared to 2017, while only 17 percent said sales dropped. A quarter of the respondents reported flat sales. The average improvement among respondents was 6 percent.

By Ken McEntee

Mulch producers indicate they expect better sales this year than in 2018, with more optimism shown for bagged products than bulk. Of the survey participants, 47 percent said they anticipate at least a marginal increase in bulk product sales in 2019, while 40 percent expect sales to be about the same. Only 13 percent anticipate lower bulk sales this year.

For bagged products, however, not a single respondent said that they anticipate lower sales.

Almost two-thirds (64 percent) said they expect better sales of bagged products, while 36 percent expect sales to be about the same as last year.

“It will stay consistent just like the past several years,” said Josh Posey, of Buckeye Resources Inc., Springfield, Ohio. “Bag products will go up and bulk will continue to go down.”

Jenni Saucier, of Landscaper’s Pride, Huntsville, Tex., said demand from growers for her company’s bulk mulch has been strong, but movement to retail outlets has been slow.

“The season will start early and be very good for bagged products,” Saucier said. “Our Potting Mix, Premium Rose Mix and Gardener’s Magic are hot.”

Jack Kemble, of Kemble Inc., Duluth, Minn., is counting on a strong mulch market to redefine his business, which has manufactured

biomass fuel from landscape waste for 14 years.

“I’m on my way home from Kentucky, where I just picked up a new mulch colorant injection machine,” Kemble said, while being interviewed for this article. “We’re just getting into the mulch coloring business because they’ve closed most of the plants that burn biomass.

The biomass market is done where I am. There is only one place left to bring it. We used to deliver nine semi loads a day and now we bring them 10 a year.”

Kemble, who said he expects to start grinding in April, said he is optimistic about his prospects in the mulch business.

“I think it’s going to be really good,” he said. “People are landscaping more, so I think the market for natural mulch is going to be good, and in our area I am the closest producer in 100 miles. I just got a phone call today from somebody asking about new mulch sales. My product will go wholesale to nurseries and landscape supply companies, and I’ll sell some direct to landscapers.”

About 300 miles away, in Waupaca, Wisc., Eric Laszewski, of Waupaca Northwoods LLC, said, “Colored mulch continues to increase.

There is no sign that this will stop.”

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On average, colored mulch accounted for 41 percent of the 2018 mulch sales for producers who responded to the Soil & Mulch Producer News survey.

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exception. Part of the problem is a shortage of drivers. Other problems include Hours of Service restrictions on drivers and the federally mandated use of Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) which went into effect for interstate Trucking and Margins Pose shipments last April.

“Shipping costs have really increased,” Challenges McLean said. “I think that’s going to effect espite the overall optimism, the mulch everybody this year. I think the government is bu s i n e s s i s n’t w i t h o u t c h a l l e n g e s, going to have to tweak the ELD rules. I think manufacturers said.

ELD works great for long haul truckers who Matt Smith, of Smith Creek, Borden, Ind., don’t load and unload during the day, but for said a wet weather and a shrinking margins are people like us where among those challenges. our drivers are loading, “The price of mulch “The increased costs of going to the customer, is not keeping up with unloading and coming the cost of producing trucking are impacting all back, the ELD system it,” Smith said. “The businesses in the strong makes it hard and I retailers are squeezing think drivers are more American economy. The soil us on the price, while tired. Before, drivers our costs of labor and and mulch business is no may have stopped to trucking are going up. I take a nap or a break, don’t have an answer for exception. Part of the problem now they feel like what we can do about is a shortage of drivers. Other but they can’t do that, so it other than to just problems include Hours of I think the rule has keep producing a better an opposite effect quality mulch.”

Service restrictions on drivers had of what was intended.

Along with selling and the federally mandated Freight costs are going to retailers, Smith Creek up because it is taking also delivers its product use of Electronic Logging more trucks to do the to large landscapers.

Devices (ELDs) which went same amount during a LaGasse said low day than it used to.” prices from national into effect for interstate ELDs, which re t a i l c h a i n s a re a shipments last April.” automatically monitor continuing problem for a driver’s time in mulch producers. service, ensure that drivers can’t exceed their “They understand the higher transportation allowable 14 hours of service and 11 hours of costs the manufacturers are up against because driving time. Under the federal rules, the time a they are one of the largest trucking companies in driver waits to be loaded and unloaded counts the country,” LaGasse said. “But they don’t want toward his in-service time. Although the ELD to pay the price (for mulch and soil products). mandate is for interstate truckers, individual They need our product lines to generate traffic states are expected to adopt similar regulations in their stores so they can make a profit on the for intrastate trucking. Texas was the first other materials, but they are going to take a state to issue an ELD requirement, with a baseball bat to us so they can keep selling five compliance date of December 19, 2019. bags of mulch for $10.”

Trucks carrying agricultural products Because the price of mulch keeps coming during harvest season and stay within a 150-airdown, said Ervin Byler, of E-Pallet Inc., mile radius are exempt from the mandate. In Middlefield, Ohio, “I think we’ll be getting out December, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety of the mulch business after 2019.”

Administration (FMCSA) denied a request Byler said mulch sales in 2018 were down from the Mulch and Soil Council to extend 50 percent compared to 2017. the agricultural commodities exemption to Meanwhile, said Pam Bee, of Bee Forest mulch and soil products, LaGasse said. He said Products, Nelson, Wisc., the mulch market in about 60 percent of MSC members’ shipments her area is being flooded with “cheap mulch” fall within the 150 air-mile radius. Under the produced by cities and pallet companies, making exemption, the odometer - and hours of service it difficult to market Bee’s products. wouldn’t start spinning until a truck moves The increased costs of trucking are outside the 150-mile radius, LaGasse said. impacting all businesses in the strong American economy. The soil and mulch business is no Continued on page 6

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Correction Issued for Ocean Temperature Paper A significant error led researchers to issue a correction to estimates of global ocean warming published in the journal Nature.

By H. Sterling Burnett

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esearchers with the University of California at San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Princeton University issued a correction to their widely publicized study which had raised fears of a rapid increase in the Earth’s temperature.

The study published in Nature on October 31 claimed ocean temperatures have risen roughly 60 percent more than the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has estimated.

Independent climate researcher Nicholas Lewis discovered significant methodological flaws in the paper. The authors admitted their error after Lewis and others publicized his findings.

Real Data vs. Proxy Estimates

cean temperature data comes largely from the Argo array of robotic O devices that record actual temperatures at different depths in the world’s oceans. Argo was started in 2000.

Rejecting the Argo data as covering too short a time, Ralph Keeling, a climate scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Laure Resplandy of Princeton calculated temperatures based on the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide rising off the ocean, by filling round glass flasks with air collected at research stations around the globe.

A recent IPCC report estimated net greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced 45 percent below 2010 levels by 2030 and zeroed out by 2050 to keep warming from exceeding 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, which it claims would result in dangerous climate changes. Based on their proxy temperature calculations, Keeling and Resplandy estimated emissions cuts would have to be 25 percent steeper than IPCC estimated in the coming decades to avoid exceeding the two-degree cap.

Large Math Errors

ewis found the authors made mathematical errors overstated the L amount of ocean warming and understated the uncertainty of their projections. “[They used a] novel method to estimate heat uptake by the ocean over the period 1991 to 2016 and came up with an atypically high value,” Lewis wrote in his analysis.

Keeling and Resplandy quickly acknowledged making the errors Lewis identified.

“When we were confronted with his insight it became immediately clear there was an issue there,” Keeling told various news outlets.

After correcting their mistake, Keeling and Resplandy found their margin of error was between 10 and 70 percent, making their ocean temperature estimates virtually worthless.

“Our error margins are too big now to really weigh in on the precise amount of warming that’s going on in the ocean,” Keeling told the media.

“We really muffed the error margins.”

problems to the authors and the reviewers,” said Ball. “The case parallels another finding well outside the normal in climate studies, namely the data for the hockey stick.”

The hockey stick was a graphic representation of a reconstruction of the earth’s temperature record over the past 1,000 years which incorrectly indicated neither the widely recognized Medieval Warm Period nor the Little Ice Age occurred.

“Why didn’t they get an independent statistician to examine the work, as the Wegman Report [requested by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce following the hockey stick controversy] recommended?” Ball asked. “The reality is, in both cases they got the result they wanted, they got the headlines they sought, which is all the media and the public remember, so they didn’t question the findings.”

Sticky Errors

his paper would almost certainly not have been published had it T said IPCC significantly overestimated global ocean temperatures, says David Legates, Ph.D., a professor of climatology at the University of Delaware and a policy advisor to The Heartland Institute.

“I am confident a paper that calculated the ocean warming was 60 percent less than the IPCC and other research had estimated would not even have been published,” said Legates. “The fact they had a paper arguing the IPCC was substantially underestimating ocean temperature— in other words, the IPCC’s projections were ‘conservative,’ if you will, and the real figure was really 60 percent higher—was the impetus behind the paper being published.

“Now, as it turns out, the results were flawed and the figures are only ‘in line’ with IPCC’s estimates, but the original stories are out there and no doubt journalists will cite the ‘first-run’ articles without the caveat the paper was flawed,” Legates said.

Calls for Greater Scrutiny

claims of climate disaster do not get the scrutiny they Extraordinary deserve before being published or covered by the media, Legates says.

“There was a time when extreme claims required more scrutiny,”

‘They Got the Headlines’

said Legates. “To say the values heretofore calculated were 60 percent too low demands a response as to why the old values are to be discarded in favor of the new ones.

“This event underscores the issue that claims of an increased impact of anthropogenic climate change are more readily believed, particularly if they are ‘worse than previously thought,’ and the media are quick to hype the ‘latest and greatest’ finding when it fits the disaster narrative,” Legates said. “Correcting themselves and pointing out the mundane fact the findings were flawed is all too often shunned or not covered because ‘it will only be used by skeptics to discredit the science,’ but when science discredits itself, that must be part of the narrative as well.”

publication, says climatologist Tim Ball, Ph.D., chairman of the Natural Resources Stewardship Project and a policy advisor to The Heartland Institute, which publishes Environment & Climate News.

“The 60 percent difference from all previous measures should scream

H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D. is a Heartland senior fellow on environmental policy and the managing editor of Environment & Climate News. This article was reprinted with permission from heartland.org, a product of The Heartland Institute (https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/ correction-issued-for-alarming-ocean-temperature-paper).

he large discrepancy between the IPCC’s ocean temperature estimates T and those posited by Keeling and Resplandy should have called the study’s claims into question with Nature’s peer reviewers well before

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“One hundred and fifty miles would give a driver almost an hour of loading time and a couple hours of driving time,” he said. “That would be a distinct advantage in shipping.”

Although MSC’s request was denied by FMCSA, LaGasse said the council plans to join with other green industry organizations to petition the administration for an exemption.

“FMCSA that they were going to open a notice of proposed rulemaking to clarify the definition of agricultural commodities in January, but it was delayed by the government shutdown,” he said. “We’re waiting for them to publish a notice in the Federal Register so we can respond.”

LaGasse added that Hours of Service rules are causing confusion throughout the trucking business.

“The state transportation inspectors are angry at FMSCA because they have issued more than 50 variances,” LaGasse.

“They’re having a hard time enforcing the law because every time they turn around there is another variance issued. When you have to keep issuing variances, it demonstrates how bad the law is.”

Drivers also are unhappy with the new regulations.

Announcing that the ELD mandate has “pushed them too far,” groups of truck drivers are threatening to shut down their engines on April 12.

It’s unclear how many American truckers will participate in the trucker’s strike being called by such groups as Black Smoke Matters and Truckers Stand As One. According to Black Smoke Matters, which communicates primarily via Facebook, truckers are upset about the federal ELD mandate for interstate trucking, hours of service regulations, a lack of parking spaces and cybersecurity.

“Truck drivers have taken issue with many regulations that they are required to follow,” Black Smoke Matters posted on its Facebook page.

“However, the electronic logging device has pushed the American truck

drivers too far.”

That group and others, like ELD or Me and Operation Black and Blue said meetings with FMCSA failed to resolve their issues.

“The solution is to call for an industry-wide shutdown,” the group said. “This seems like a sensible idea because no one can force an individual to work. We, the American truck driver, have found that the FMCSA has made false claims in favor for regulations that force truck drivers of large commercial vehicles to use electronic logging devices and feel that is a common practice for the agency.”

The level of support for an April 12 shutdown among the nation’s truck drivers is unclear.

“Revamping the trucking regulations will help our industry, but it’s too late for this year,” LaGasse said, noting that half of the industry’s volume is shipped between March and May and 60 percent between March and June.

“That’s roughly 10,000 trucks a day we need, and we have to compete with all of the vegetable farms in the south. Getting the agricultural commodity exemption in time for next year’s shipping season will help.”

Industry optimism

espite the challenges, with the majority of mulch producers surveyed D expecting better markets this year, there are strong signs of optimism in the mulch industry.

“We’re always optimistic,” McLean said. “We love what we do and I think there is more interest in home gardens and landscaping. I think there is more interest today in people enjoying their spaces at home. So we’re always excited about the future.”

Ken McEntee is editor and publisher of Composting News (compostingnews. com).

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Pine Straw – A New Industry for North Carolina?

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lizabethtown, NC — North Carolina’s longleaf pine tree has been beneficial to cattlemen, turpentine producers, loggers and health resorts throughout hundreds of years and now it may play an important economic role again, according to a BladenJournal report.

A longleaf pine restoration effort has been underway in the state.

In January, the North Carolina Forest Service sponsored a free two-day workshop intended to raise awareness about the longleaf pine, as well as, general timber management and prescribed (hazard reduction) woodland burning.

Producing and selling pine straw for use as a light-weight mulching material has been a much-overlooked income stream for landowners. As pine needle mulch breaks down, which happens more slowly than wood mulch, it slightly acidifies the soil. Pine needles make an excellent landscaping mulch for acid-loving plants, trees and shrubs such as camellias, azaleas, hydrangeas, fuchsias, gardenias, ferns, dogwoods, magnolias, holly and evergreens.

The North Carolina Longleaf Pine Coalition website discusses the value of the species, which not only provides an excellent habitat rich in diversity, but also can be like money in the bank.

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Continental Biomass Industries EZ-Screen McCloskey International Mollers North America Patz Corporation Premier Tech Chronos Screen Machine

Industries, Inc Sensortechnik

Trade Associations & Organizations

Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Assoc Composting Council of Canada Mulch & Soil Council U.S. Composting Council

Trucks, Trailers & Automatic Floor Systems

Apollo Equipment Brown Industrial Hallco Industries, Inc J&J Truck Bodies & Trailers Keith Mfg Co Smith Co Side-Dump Trailers Trinity Trailer Mfg, Inc

Wear Parts & Replacement Screens

ArmorHog® Diamond Z Duragrind DynaHog® Grinder Wear Parts, Inc Kennametal, Inc King Kong Tools LLC Primary Machinery Rawlings Waste Wood Hogs

Soil Amendment

Nutrient Control Systems

RD OLSON Mfg Inc

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Action Equipment Company

2800 Hayes St Newberg, OR 97132 (503) 537-1111 Brian Bonham brianb@actionconveyors.com www.actionconveyors.com Action Equipment Company, Inc. manufactures heavy duty vibratory screening and processing equipment for the efficient handling of bulk materials.

See ad on pg 32

AEI - Aggregates Equipment, Inc

9 Horseshoe Rd, PO Box 39 Leola, PA 17540-0039 (727) 261-0220 (717) 656-6686 Fax sales@aeiscreens.com www.AEIscreens.com AEI designs and manufactures stateof-the-art fine and coarse material screens, systems, and aggregate washing equipment. We specialize in difficult materials and the most demanding applications. See ad on pg 6

AGGCORP Equipment Systems Cleveland, OH (844) 2-AGGCORP www.aggcorp.net

909 Tennessee Blvd Lebanon, TN 37087 (615) 443-0345 Jim Hallock jihallock@americancolors.com www.agricoatings.com The landscape industry demands systems that are dependable, durable, and color consistent from batch to batch. And, today, these systems must be economical.

Our water-based dispersions offer the industry a vast selection of vibrant colors with excellent binding characteristics that will enhance the beauty of any landscape.

See ad on pg 12

Amadas Industries

Airlift Separator / Hawker Corp

Amerimulch

2111 Prairie Rd Eugene, OR 97402 (541) 345-9085 Mark Higson, Mfr Rep mark@airliftseparator.com www.airliftseparator.com Airlift Separator is a proven solution for effectively removing plastic from compost. It’s portable, easy to install and maintain, compatible with any screening plant and available in hydraulic, diesel or electric models. Airlift Separator is so effective in removing lightweight materials from compost and urban organic waste, that it comes with a norisk, buy-back guarantee. Customers include recycling centers, municipal organic waste facilities, and private compost and mulch manufacturers.

1100 Holland Rd Suffolk, VA 23434 (757) 539-0231 Tiny Andrews, Ind Sales Mgr tandrews@amadas.com www.amadas.com Amadas Industries’ current product lines include pull-type and self-propelled peanut combines, peanut diggers, Reel Rain® irrigators, cotton stalk puller/ choppers, round cotton module handlers and a line of industrial equipment for both the horticultural and recycling industries.

See ad on pg 28

2055 Enterprise Pkwy Twinsburg, OH 44056 (888) 556-3304 Jason Thomas, Customer Relations/ Inside Sales jasont@chromascape.com www.amerimulch.com Amerimulch® provides landscape coatings and technology for the production of profitable, in-demand color-enriched mulches. Our colorants are formulated for superior bonding, coating and coverage and our equipment is designed for producers who want simple, effective, high-volume production. Take the next step in landscape coatings and technology with Amerimulch.

ALLU Group Inc Teterboro, NJ (800) 939-2558 www.allu.net

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Apollo Equipment

2062 – 20th Ave SE Largo, FL 33771 (800) 982-2844 Wayne Brown, Exec VP info@apolloequipment.net www.apolloequipment.net Global wood waste recycling equipment brokers assisting buyers and sellers to meet their future production and operating needs. Exceptional marketing services through our premiere website, equipment specialists and multiple channels including our massive database of over 7500 end users ensure a very positive purchase or sale.

See ad on pg 29

ArmorHog®

14 Commerce Dr Sabetha, KS 66534 (800) 743-3491 Brian Bergman, Parts Sales sales@armorhog.com www.armorhog.com ArmorHog® is focused on providing EXTREME DUTY, custom made, long-life hammermill screens, tips, hammers, and other replacement parts for all brands and models of RIGID HAMMER STYLE industrial grinders. Our tips are made using a unique blend of carbide called NitroGrit™, a proprietary blend of carbide found to best suit grinding applications.

See ad on pg 3

ASV LLC

Grand Rapids, MN (800) 205-9913 www.asvllc.com

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Denmark, WI (920) 863-1626 www.badgershredding.com

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BossTek (formally Dust Control Technology) Peoria, IL (309) 740-4742 www.bosstek.com

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Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Assoc St Albert, AB Canada (780) 460-8280 www.peatmoss.com

Composting Council of Canada Toronto, ON Canada (877) 571-4769 www.compost.org

Caterpillar Inc

Cary, NC (919) 605-2361 www.catresourcecenter.com

Bandit Industries Inc

6750 Millbrook Rd Remus, MI 49340 (800) 952-0178 Regional Sales Manager sales@banditchippers.com www.banditchippers.com Bandit Industries is a leading equipment manufacturer and distributer for land clearing, wood waste recycling, and mulch producing industries. We offer a complete lineup of wood reduction machines and exclusively offer ARJES slow-speed shredders and PRONAR trommel screens and conveyor stackers.

And every machine in Bandit’s lineup has the full support of our employee-owned factory workforce! See ad on pg 7

Britton Industries

1 E M Y Ln Morrisville, PA 19067 (844) 274-8866 Jim McNellis jmcnellis@brittonindustries.com www.brittonindustries.com Britton Industries is the leading producer and supplier of high quality Triple Ground Natural and Dyed Mulches, Mulch Colorant, Screened Topsoil, Leaf Compost, and Premium Aggregates in Central New Jersey and Southeastern Pennsylvania.

See ad on pg 25

Brown Bear Corporation Corning, IA (641) 322-4220 www.brownbearcorp.com

Brown Industrial

Botkins, OH (937) 693-3838 www.brownindustrial.com

Continental Biomass Industries, Inc

ClearSpan Fabric Structures

1395 John Fitch Blvd South Windsor, CT 06074 (866) 643-1010 trussinquiry@clearspan.com www.ClearSpan.com/ADSMPN ClearSpan Fabric Structures are a fast, economical solution for the soil and mulch industry. ClearSpan’s Hercules Truss Arch Buildings feature exceptional height and wide-open spaces with ample clearance for equipment access. Made in the USA, these buildings can be built to any length and up to 300’ wide.

See ad on pg 29

BASF Corp / Biodegradables

Wyandotte, MI www.bioplastics.basf.com

Bobcat Company West Fargo, ND (800) 743-4340 www.bobcat.com

CV Compost

(802) 363-3930 www.cvcompost.com/ccovers.php

CW Machine Worx Ltd Carroll, OH (740) 808-3130 www.cwmachineworx.com

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1725 Dayton Ave Ames, IA 50010 (888) 663-6980 www.colorbiotics.basf.us BASF is an industry leader in the research, development, production, sale and support of mulch colorants and coloring systems. BASF offers a wide range of vibrant, long-lasting colorant for wood fiber mulch and reliable, productive equipment to meet any business need.

See ad on pg 2

22 Whittier St Newton, NH 03858 (603) 382-0556 NWT.InfoFWD@terex.com www.cbi-inc.com CBI manufactures and distributes a complete line of por table and stationary grinders, shredders, chippers, flail debarkers, and attachments for composting, forestry, biomass recovery, and wood-waste processing.

Buffalo Turbine

180 Zoar Valley Rd Springville, NY 14141 (716) 592-2700 info@buffaloturbine.com www.buffaloturbine.com The Buffalo Turbine Dust Controller, featuring the industry first turbine driven Gyratory Atomizing Nozzle, is a powerful, cost effective misting system designed to immediately control and suppress dust, odor and smoke in industrial or commercial applications. Improve air quality, lower health risk and help maintain environmental compliance by implementing the Dust Controller at your work site.

CMC Mulch Colorants

1246 Maidencreek Rd Fleetwood, PA 19522 (610) 926-0984 sales@cmcmilling.com www.cmcmulchcolorants.com Custom Milling & Consulting, Inc. has designed a premium line of mulch colorants with unsurpassed color consistency and stability. CMC combines the most lightfast pigments with a superior additive package and processes this mixture through our custom grinding and dispersing system. Innovative technology for superior quality with CMC Mulch Colorants! See ad on pg 23

Diamond Z

11299 Bass Ln Caldwell, ID 83605 (208) 585-2929 Pat Crawford, VP Products diamondz@diamondz.com www.diamondz.com Diamond Z is a manufacturer of industrial waste reduction products including both tub and horizontal grinders ranging in sizes from 30,000 to 180,000 lbs and in horse powers from 440 to over 2400. All models are available with either diesel or electric power, track stationary or wheel mounted. See ad on pg 24

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Earth & Turf Products LLC New Holland, PA (888) 693-2638 www.earthandturf.com

Earth Shades

Cincinnati, OH (877) 685-2439 www.mulchdye.com

EarthSaver Equipment

Kalispell, MT (406) 752-6290 www.earthsaverequipment.com

Duff Brush LLC

630 7th St, PO Box 34 Menominee, MI 49858 (877) 863-3319 duffbrush@gmail.com www.duffbrush.com We manufacture trommel brushes for: McCloskey, Powerscreen, Wildcat / Vermeer, ReTech, Rotoscreen and more as well as custom trommel brushes. Our customers can expect quality products, excellent service and competitive pricing every time they place an order with Duff Brush. We also have replacement brush wafers for Doppstadt Trommel Screens.

See ad on pg 22

Duragrind

Sterling, IL (815) 625-6500 www.duragrind.com

DuraTech Industries

Jamestown, ND (701) 252-4601 www.duratechindustries.net

EC ALL Ltd / Big Hanna Composter

8656 Rockridge Ct Macedonia, OH 44056 (612) 237-0831 Eskil Eriksson, President eskil.eriksson@ec-all-ltd.com www.bighanna.com Big Hanna and Neter are Swedish, on-site, in-vessel, aerobic composting machines.

The automated, continuous process produces pathogen free, ready compost from food wastes, including fish, meat and dairy solids. Big Hanna and Neter can operate in warm and cold climates, indoors and outdoors. Capacities from 330 up to 38,000 lbs. per week.

Ecolawn Applicator

Derby Line, VT (802) 673-9077 www.ecolawnapplicator.com

Ecoverse DynaHog®

Avon, OH (440) 937-3225 www.ecoverse.net

14 Commerce Dr Sabetha, KS 66534 (800) 743-3491 Jason Haug, Parts Sales sales@dynahog.com www.dynahog.com DynaHog® offers high performance grinder parts for your Swing Hammer Style Tub Grinder, Horizontal Grinder, and other Hammermill applications. Grinder service, rotor repair or replacement and digital hammermill balancing is available for all brands.

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Edge Innovate (NI) LTD

30 Farlough Rd, Dungannon Co. Tyrone Northern Ireland BT71 4DT +442887 741888 Adrian Donnelly adrian@edgeinnovate.com https://edgeinnovate.com/products/ material-classifier-mc1400/ With over 25 years’ experience in designing and manufacturing; EDGE Innovate has quickly become a global leader in the design and distribution of a range of equipment used in the recycling, material handling and quarry industries. Our range of trommels, shredders, material classifiers, screens and stackers allow our customer to shred, screen, separate and stockpile a vast array of materials.

Express Blower, Inc

Faltech Industries, Inc

92 Thomas Rd, PO Box 215 Port Murray, NJ 07865 Brent Rymon, Tech Director (908) 453-3050 (908) 453-3634 Fax sales@faltechusa.com www.faltechusa.com Faltech Industries supplies high quality mulch pigment in a convenient range of colors. Faltech services the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest. Modern processes and quality control insures consistent results. You grind, we color.

Color with us!

Farmer Automatic of America Inc

1275 Bailey Hill Rd Eugene, OR 97402 (800) 285-7227 Jason Wedmore, Natl Accounts Mgr info@expressblower.com www.expressblower.com Express Blower, Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of large pneumatic blowing equipment. Invented more than 60 years ago, it’s the only blower equipment designed to efficiently apply soil blends, mulches, compost, and aggregate for erosion control, landscaping, green roofs, and more! You don’t need more people…

You need more machine.

P O Box 39 Register, GA 30452 (574) 857-3116 David Leavell dleavell@farmerautomatic.com For 45 years, Farmer Automatic has been developing efficient, innovative systems for animal farming and waste management while keeping the demands of the market in sight. We accompany our customers individually from planning through to maintenance services. Our high number of self-manufactured products allows us to develop systems specifically adapted to our customer’s requirements. See ad on pg 28

EZ-Screen

Fecon Inc

Pontiac, MI (248) 745-5828 www.ez-screen.com

Lebanon, OH (800) 528-3113 www.fecon.com

Finn Corporation Fairfield, OH (800) 543-7166 www.finncorp.com

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Guard-All Building Solutions Dallas, TX (877) 397-1594 www.guard-all.com

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HALLCO Industries, Inc Firmatek, LLC

10010 San Pedro Ave, Suite 850 San Antonio, TX 78216 (210) 651-4990 info@firmatek.com www.firmatek.com At Firmatek, we believe that your everchanging environment can make decision-making difficult. Firmatek provides pallet inventory counts and stockpile inventory measurements using drone-based aerial imagery to help you increase site safety and efficiency, streamline decision making, and reduce your operating costs. We provide insights and confidence that will help you improve your operational efficiencies.

Tillamook, OR (800) 542-5526 www.hallcoindustries.com

Hamer - Fischbein

Plymouth, MN (800) 927-4674 www.hamer-fischbein.com

HCL Machine Works

15142 Merrill Ave Dos Palos, CA 93620 (209) 392-6103 sales@hclmachineworks.com www.compostturners.com See ad on pg 22

Florida Coastal Colors

Helena, AL (205) 664-5041 www.floridacoastalcolors.com

2062 – 20th Ave SE Largo, FL 33771 (800) 827-0401 Wayne Brown, Executive VP info@grinderwearparts.com www.grinderwearparts.com Factory direct tub and horizontal grinder wear parts manufactured at our facilities on both coasts, Florida and Oregon. Over 15 years experience delivering wear parts for most every grinder assisted by our knowledgeable sales and manufacturing staff. If you need to improve your operating costs, then you need to contact us for your wear parts: tips, bolts, nuts, hammers, screens, cutter bars, wear plates and much more! See ad on pg 29

10558 Somerset Pike Somerset, PA 15501 (800) 777-2671 x3410 Jason Cornell, Sales Director jrc@jjbodies.com www.jjbodies.com The DynaHauler® /Live Floor is an open top transfer trailer engineered for municipal or commercial use and is ideal for use in mulch hauling applications. The trailer unloads horizontally and is available in steel or aluminum and includes hard working features such as four heavy-duty aluminum cast hinges with stainless steel pins. See ad on pg 11

753 Church St Buford, GA 30518 (678) 765-7930 info@kingkong-tools.com www.kingkong-tools.com King Kong Tools is a German manufacturer that provides highest quality grinder tips for virtually all models of wood grinders and shredders. Our innovative KingPact™ grinder tip design has revolutionized the industry. It combines high cutting performance with extreme impact and wear resistance. More Grinding - More Profit!

Komatsu America Corp Rolling Meadows, IL (847) 437-5800 www.komatsuamerica.com

Elgin, TX (800) 463-0270 www.johnsonbaggingequipment.com

JRM Chemical

GrinderCrusherScreen.com

Grinder Wear Parts Inc

J&J Truck Bodies & Trailers

Johnson & Sons Mfg Inc

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Smyrna, GA (770) 433-2670 East Coast (971) 344-0001 West Coast www.GrinderCrusherScreen.com

King Kong Tools LLC

HogZilla® Grinders

14 Commerce Dr Sabetha, KS 66534 (800) 743-3491 Tim Wenger, VP/Sales Mgr hogzilla@cwmill.com www.hogzilla.com Diesel or electric powered HogZilla® MONSTER Tub & Horizontal Grinders ranging from 565-2000HP. Options including self-propelled track drive and self-loading units available. HogZilla® MONSTER Grinders provide the highest production rates for solid waste reduction, wood recycling, land clearing, construction demolition debris, mulch production, tire processing, or any other tough grinding application. 20 standard models available. See ad on pg 30

Cleveland, OH (800) 962-4010 www.soilmoist.com

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Keith Mfg Co

Madras, OR (541) 475-3802 www.keithwalkingfloor.com

Kennametal Inc

Latrobe, PA (800) 458-3608 www.Kennametal.com

Kimball Equipment Company

Sparks, NV (775) 356-6998 www.kimballequipment.com

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6345 Downing St Denver, CO 80216 (720) 890-9090 info@komptechamericas.com www.komptechamericas.com Komptech is a leading international technology supplier of machinery and systems for the mechanical and mechanical-biological treatment of solid waste and for the treatment of biomass as a renewable energy source.

Kuhn North America Inc Brodhead, WI (608) 897-2131 www.kuhnnorthamerica.com

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Lachenmeier

Glenview, IL (877) 859 7205 www.lachenmeier.us

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Lake Erie Portable Screeners

Lake City, PA (888) 448-2486 www.pitbullscreeners.com

Milagro Rubber Inc

LOADSCAN Limited

(800) 747-2973 www.loadscan.com Loadscan are the pioneers behind load volume scanning technology. Now selling conveyor volume scanners too.

• real-time actionable intelligence • optimize production and profits • accurate irrefutable volume measurements • guarantee supply quantities See ad on pg 27

3355 Bee Cave Rd, Suite 304 Austin, TX 78746 (512) 330-9352 Marisa Barnes marisa@e-milagro.com www.e-milagro.com The lead distributor of carbon black for mulch color and pigments. We deliver full containers to your location, domestic and international. See ad on pg 8

MobyDick

Downingtown, PA (610) 458-9151 www.us.mobydick.com

7809 FM 179 Shallowater, TX 79363 (806) 832-1810 Robert LaGasse, Executive Director execdir@mulchandsoilcouncil.org www.mulchandsoilcouncil.org The mission of the MSC is to define quality products and promote an open marketplace for producers of horticultural mulches, consumer soils and commercial growing media. Join with the industry’s leading companies to expand the market for consumer and commercial mulch and soil products.

Mulch Tech Shield

Linwood, NJ (609) 365-8727 www.mulchtechshield.com

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Natural Light Fabric Structures, LLC Jordan, MN (888) 708-3272 www.nlfabric.com

Nature’s Reflections

Reynoldsburg, OH (866) 466-9134 www.natures-reflections.net

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Neustarr Equipment LLC Liverpool, NY (864) 606-9830 www.neuenhauserna.com

NuFiber® / Product Division of Nutrient Control Systems, Inc

130 Industrial Dr Chambersburg, PA 17201 (717) 261-5711 info@nufibersoil.com www.nufibersoil.com NuFiber® is cellulose plant fiber, treated through a natural biological and thermal process, organic soil amendment for use in a variety of horticultural markets.

NuFiber® is OMRI® listed and produced from 100% renewable resources which provides an environmentally and financially sustainable solution to your growing media. NuFiber® is available in bulk or in totes. See ad on pg 22

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OMI Industries

Long Grove, IL (800) 662-6367 www.odormanagement.com

Mollers North America

McCloskey International Ltd

1 McCloskey Rd Keene, ON Canada K9J 0G6 (877) 876-6635 (1-877-TROMMEL) mccloskey@mccloskeyinternational.com www.mccloskeyinternational.com McCloskey International leads the industry with a complete line of equipment including trommels, screeners and stacking conveyors ideal for topsoil, compost and mulch. With proven performance and durability as standard, every product is field-tested before being deployed to our network of knowledgeable and trusted authorized dealers.

5215 52nd St, SE Grand Rapids, MI 49512 (616) 942-6504 mollersna@mollersna.com www.mollersna.com For over 60 years, Mollers has set the standard for bag and unit load material handling systems. Mollers offers innovative solutions to pack, palletize and protect a wide variety of products. Mollers’ systems are reliable and reflect a history of engineering excellence customer satisfaction.

Midwest Bio-Systems

Tampico, IL (815) 438-7200 www.midwestbiosystems.com

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Nova Packaging LLC

2525 W Evan Ave Denver, CO 20219 (303) 495-5010 Van Claud, VP Sales – Decorative Landscape Products Division (757) 377-6299 van@novap.us www.Novap.us Designers and Manufacturers of : Horizontal Form, Fill Seal Machines, Conventional Palletizer, Rob otic Palletizers, Radial Arm & Turntable Wrappers, Volumetric and Load Cell Weigh Baggers, Bulk Bag Loading Systems, Soil Blending Systems, Chain and Belt Conveyors, and Bulk Feeders.

Orbit Screens, Inc

P O Box 345 Delhi, IA 52223 (563) 922-9230 brad@orbitscreens.com www.orbitscreens.com One of Americas finest Screening Plant innovations. Truly a “General Purpose” machine. Screen topsoil, Mulch, Compost, Rock, Sand, yard waste, etc. Visit our web site for videos, photos and performance charts. Proudly, Made in the USA.

Orion Engineered Carbons Kingwood, TX (281) 854-8997 www.orioncarbons.com

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Patz Corporation Pound, WI (920) 897-2251 www.patzcorp.com

Walton Hills, OH (440) 232-0555 www.reajetus.com

Lakeland, FL (888) 387-6500 www.peninsulaequipment.com

REMU USA Inc

Old Orchard Beach, ME (888) 600-0018 www.remu.fi

Premier Tech Chronos

Peterson Pacific Corp

PO Box 40490 Eugene OR 97404-0082 (541) 689-6520 www.petersoncorp.com In 1990 Peterson developed its first wood waste recycling machine. Continuous development of wood grinders, with production rates up to 150 tons per hour.

With our line of blower trucks, Peterson has extended its reach into the soil erosion and landscape markets, building trucks designed for distributing bark, mulch, compost, and soil amendments.

See ad on pg 5

Poly-Flex Inc

Grand Prairie, TX (888) 765-9359 www.poly-flex.com

Salerno Packaging Inc

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Peninsula Equipment

1, Avenue Premier Rivière-du-Loup, QC Canada G5R 6C1 (418) 868-8324 info@ptchronos.com www.ptchronos.com Premier Tech Chronos is recognized worldwide for its innovative solutions and unique way of designing state-ofthe-art packaging equipment: screening systems, hopper, volumetric feeder, manual bagger, FFS bagger, palletizers, and stretch wrappers/hooders. Our dynamic team is constantly aware of the soil and mulch industry growth, providing you with engineering excellence and solutions that will fit your specific needs.

See ad on pg 26

Primary Machinery

REOTEMP Instrument Corp San Diego, CA (800) 648-7737 www.reotemp.com/compost

Resource Machinery & Engineering

Ventura, CA (805) 641-0991 www.resourcemachinery.com

Resource Recovery Systems Intl Sterling, CO (970) 522-0663 www.rrskw.com

Monroe, GA (770) 361-7308 www.salernobags.com

Sand Science, Inc Beaufort, SC (843) 525-6140 www.sandscience.com

SCARAB Mfg

White Deer, TX (806) 883-7621 www.scarabmfg.com

Scott Equipment Company New Prague, MN (800) 264-9519 www.turborecycling.com

Screen Machine Industries Etna, OH (800) 837-3344 www.screenmachine.com

Sensortechnik

Chilliwack, BC Canada (855) 217-2750 www.opticalbeltscale.com

Rethceif Packaging

Salem, OR (503) 588-8312 www.primarymachinery.com

Ossian, IN (260) 622-7200 www.rethceif.com

Prism Corporation

Revolver Screening Systems

St Paul, MN (651) 488-4250 www.prism-corporation.com

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Guelph, ON Canada (416) 460-5285 www.revolvertrommels.com

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Slootweg Machinefabriek B.V. Netherlands +31 23 5689070 www.slootweg.com

SmithCo Side-Dump Trailers Le Mars, IA (800) 779-8099 www.sidedump.com

Solus Group

St Louis, MO (314)696-0200 www.solusgrp.com

SPALECK GmbH & Co. KG Bocholt, Germany +49 2871 2134-649 www.spaleck-us.com

Precision Husky Corporation

PO Box Drawer 507 Leeds, AL 35094-0507 (205) 640-5181 Steve Briscoe, ProGrind Sales Mgr steveb@precisionhusky.com www.precisionhusky.com Precision Husky Corporation is an International Manufacturer of Wood Waste Tub Grinders, Horizontal Grinders, Whole Tree Chippers, Debarkers, and Husky Knuckleboom loaders. ProGrind grinders are available with diesel engines from 150HP to 1200HP with electric models as an alternative.

See ad on pg 10

Rotochopper Inc

Rawlings Manufacturing Inc

PO Box 4485 Missoula, MT 59806 (406) 728-6182 Judi Tyacke, Sales/Project Manager judi@rawlingsmanufacturing.com www.wastewoodhogs.com Rawlings wood waste recovery systems are available in stationary, portable and skid mounted systems; both vertical and horizontal models are available.

See ad on pg 22

217 West St St Martin, MN 56376 (320) 548-3586 info@rotochopper.com www.rotochopper.com Rotochopper manufactures durable horizontal grinding equipment that converts wood waste into premium landscape mulch, compost and more.

Rotochopper also offers portable bagging systems for mulch, compost, topsoil, decorative rock, and other products.

See ad on pg 21

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Farwell, MI (989) 588-4295 www.terex.com

Warren & Baerg Mfg Dinuba, CA (559) 591-6790 www.warrenbaerg.com

WCCO Belting

Wahpeton, ND (800) 342-4887 www.wccobelt.com

Tricon Precast Ltd Houston, TX (281) 931-9832 www.triconprecast.com

Trinity Packaging Corp SPR Packaging

1480 Justin Rd Rockwall, TX 75087 (469) 314-1600 Trevor Wells twells@sprpackaging.com www.sprpackaging.com SPR Packaging is a dedicated supplier of flexible packaging solutions to the Lawn & Garden industry. SPR offers printed roll stock for automated packaging lines as well as converted open mouth bags. Through continuous reinvestment in extrusion, printing and converting capabilities SPR Packaging delivers quality, cost-effective product with shortened lead times and superior customer service.

Armonk, NY (914) 273-4111 www.trinitypackaging.com

Trinity Trailer Mfg Inc Boise, ID (800) 235-6577 www.trinitytrailer.com

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U.S. Composting Council Ronkonkoma, NY (631) 737-4931 www.compostingcouncil.org

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T.H. Glennon Co Inc

25 Fanaras Dr Salisbury, MA 01952 (978) 465-7222 Brian Shea brian@glennoncompany.com www.mulchcolorjet.com T.H. Glennon provides premium mulch colorants and the innovative Mulch Color Jet to our valued customers. Our colorfast colorants produce higher yields, increasing our customers’ profitability while producing richly colored mulch. We have invested in our own tractor trailers to ensure on-time deliveries, while providing outstanding service and support. For excellent colorants and great service call T.H. Glennon. See ad on pg 11

TANA - North America Lubbock, TX (806) 771-9944 www.tana-na.com

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Vermeer

1210 Vermeer Rd East Pella, IA 50219 (641) 628-3141 salesinfo@vermeer.com www.vermeer.com Ve r m e e r d e l i v e r s a r e a l i m p a c t in a progressing world through the manufacture of high-quality environmental equipment, including trommel screens, compost turners, and horizontal and tub grinders. With a reputation for durability and reliability, that equipment is backed by localized customer service and support provided by independent dealers around the world.

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United Rotary Brush Corp Lenexa, KS (913) 888-8450 www.united-rotary.com

Universal Refiner Corp Montesano, WA (800) 277-8068 www.universalrefiner.com

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spoo, Finland — VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd has developed a new technique based on gasification, which offers a sustainable way to turn forest industry byproducts, such as bark, sawdust and forestry waste, into transport fuels and chemicals, according to a company statement.

The new technique reduces carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 90 percent and production expense is less costly than fossil fuels. The approach uses gasification to turn biomass into intermediate products – liquid hydrocarbons, methanol or methane.

More than half of the energy content is turned into transport fuels. Between 20 and 25 percent can be used to provide heating to communities or to produce steam for industrial processes, including forest industry plants. The new technique reduces carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 90 percent compared to fossil fuels. The intermediate products are processed further in oil refineries to make renewable fuels or chemicals.

The process is based on VTT’s low-pressure, low-temperature steam gasification technology, simplified gas purification and small-scale industrial syntheses. The small-scale production approach, fueled with local waste, yields heat generated that can be used throughout the year.

This is an improvement over previous gasification project plans that involved considerably larger gasification-based diesel plants where raw material could not have been sourced locally.

The small-scale plants allow full use of the byproduct heat whereas large plant efficiency would have been 60 percent. In addition, the small-scale solution makes it easier to secure funding for building the first plant based on the new technology, a VTT scientist says.

The project involved mapping out the path from pilot-scale development to demonstrations and commercializing the technology with participating businesses.

E ve n i n t h e s h o r t t e r m , t h e u l t i m at e competitiveness of the new technique hinges on the prices of crude oil and carbon dioxide quotas as well as the taxation of renewable transport fuels.

Gasification technology is projected to have huge potential for switching from reliance on fossil fuel to sustainable biofuel – in Finland and throughout Europe. Finland aims to reduce fossil fuel energy consumption so that 30 percent is supplied by sustainable sources.

Gasification plants could be satisfying half of that from domestic waste from 5–10 locally integrated energy production plants. The 3.6 per cent target set for advanced biofuels in the European Commission’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED2) equates to 11 million tonnes of oil, which would mean approximately 200 gasification plants in Europe alone.

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Wood Pulp Byproduct Proposed as Alternative Vehicle Fuel

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At a pilot plant in Hulteberg, Sweden, a Lund University researcher has made a gasoline mixture from lignin that he considers “forest fuel.” Lignin is a thick black residue that comes from wood pulp and paper manufacturing and is an important polymer being studied for other energy production applications.

Unlike other biofuels such as ethanol, made from crops also grown for food, lignin is made from manufacturing byproduct and is considered a more sustainable fuel. Also, ethanol (and methanol) fuels add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, making them less green, as well.

The forest fuel will be available in service stations by 2021, the Lund researcher says. Though it will only serve a fraction of the demands of Swedish motorists, he is hopeful that, along with other renewable products under development, it can become a viable fossil fuel alternative.

Last May, PHYS.org reported on lignin research being conducted at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University in Sweden. This group developed a fuel cell that uses the wood byproduct.

Typically, fuel cells use hydrogen gas, most of which comes from nonsustainable sources. Lignin biopolymer consists of a large number of hydrocarbon chains woven together, which can be broken down in an industrial process to its energy-rich constituent parts, benzenediols. One of these, catechol, makes up seven percent of lignin. The LiU researchers found that catechol is an excellent fuel for use in fuel cells and when converted to electricity, it does not form carbon dioxide.

xperiments carried out on the tropical island of Borneo during a late 2015 and early 2016 El Niño period have shed light on how termites play a beneficial role in the projected increase in frequency and severity of droughts in tropical rainforests, according to paper published in Science.

The study consisted of eight 2500-meter-sized plots in different areas of the rainforest floor. In four plots, the research team applied suppression methods including removal or leveling termite mounds.

They then left poison baits to kill the remaining insects. In the other four plots, they did nothing to disturb the wood eating insects.

The plots revealed the extent to which termites can actually protect and improve soil. For example, the scientists found that soil moisture measured at 5 centimeters in the intact termite mounds and nests increased during the drought. The moisture content was 36 percent higher in the undisturbed plots than in plots where termite activity was disrupted.

The study showed that termites enhance ecosystem resistance to drought by bringing water closer to the surface. Seedlings of climbing vines transplanted into areas where termites remained active were 51 percent more likely to survive than those in areas without the insects.

Because droughts are expected to occur more frequently in coming years as climate changes impact tropical regions, termites may play an increasingly important role in helping to maintain rainforest productivity and biodiversity, the researchers suggest.

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The Category 4 Hurricane that raged through Florida’s Panhandle, Alabama and Georgia has cost a total $15.1 billion. The monetary cost to the timber industry alone is about $1.3 billion, according to researchers with the Southern Research Station Forest Economics and Policy.

To remedy ruinous financial burdens, Florida Forest Service Director Jim Karels has urged state Senators to consider providing millions of dollars in assistance to timber landowners in the Gulf region of the state hard hit by Hurricane Michael. Karels has recommended $20 million in relief to help pay for clearing and replanting work areas. Citing an immediate need to reduce wildfire threat, the state forestry chief also asked the committee to consider allocating nearly $9 million for equipment and programs.

Karels said landowners in hard-hit areas will have to pay about $1,000 an acre to clear the debris from their land, which he says is worthless until cleared. An estimated 2.4 million logging trucks would be required to remove all of the dead trees, he told the lawmakers.

According to a U.S. Forest Service website post, “In the past, state governments have taken steps to assist timber managers with salvage operations. Some examples include relaxing weight limits on roads; allowing logging trucks to carry heavier loads; permitting larger than normal log storage volumes at mills; and assisting private landowners and nongovernmental organizations with salvage planning.”

The U.S. Forest Service is working closely with state foresters in Florida and Georgia to increase timber sale and salvage operations.

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“Lawn-Corps is a great addition to our company and firms up our commitment to Kansas City, expanding our reach in the Midwest,” said Patrick Geraty, President of St. Louis Composting. “We will increase operational and production efficiencies as well as the amounts of compost, mulch and soil blend resources being supplied to the region.”

St. Louis Composting acquired Lawn-Corps through its operating company Organic Resource Management. They are not new to the region as they operate a location in Lee Summit, Missouri. Originally a $25 million company, St. Louis Composting will grow by $1.5 million with the acquisition.

Lawn-Corps is a 37-acre yard waste processing facility in Belton, Missouri that collects and processes yard waste into high-grade products such as compost and organically dyed mulches. Since 1992, Lawn-Corps has been providing Kansas City homeowners with reliable yard waste collection. The facility is state-permitted and in compliance with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Serving approximately 3,500 households in the Kansas City region, Lawn-Corps will continue to operate under its name and its staff of eight employees will stay onboard.

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och Ness, Scotland — A project is underway in Scotland to use millions of tons of wood processing residue to make a biocharbased soil amendment instead of being sold as low-value mulch for horticulture, according to a Stackyard.com article.

University of Edinburgh scientists are working with Britain’s Forest Research, a forestry and tree-related research organization, to plant thousands of trees near Loch Ness and use a phosphorus-rich wood waste byproduct, biochar. The team is applying the biochar around the trees to test its effectiveness in improving Scotland’s upland, nutrient poor soils.

The team believes biochar could benefit forestry and the wider environment, potentially generating income while at the same time improving soils, reducing residue and storing carbon.

Initial results show promise. Seedlings grown in soil amended with biochar have been found to be more effective at photosynthesis, capturing and using light, which is an indicator for overall tree health.

The researchers say that biochar can be made from almost any type of dry biomass, including waste materials. Composed of highly-stable carbon, in addition to the phosphorus, biochar could become central to closed-loop resource management, that benefits the environment and Scotland’s £2 billion (~$2.6B USD) timber processing industry.

The test site run by the University of Edinburgh and Forest Research is part of a wider NERC-funded project, Soils Research to deliver Greenhouse Gas Removals and Abatement Technologies (SoilsR-GGREAT), which is harnessing the best expertise in the UK on soils and biochar to provide a comprehensive global assessment of soil-based greenhouse gas removal.

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Diamond Z Introduces DZH 7000 Series Internal Drive

andit Industries recently announced that it will offer select trommel screens and conveyor stackers manufactured by Poland-based company, Pronar, Sp. z o.o.

The Model 60 GT-HD is capable of moving up to 600 tons of material per hour, and able to stack material nearly 40 feet high, creating piles of material without the need of an additional loader or operator. The stacker can be mounted on tracks, making it easy to move around a grinding yard quickly.

The Model 7.24 GT is a track-mounted or towable trommel screen that has some of the highest throughput in the industry. This trommel is capable of screening a variety of materials, including compost, urban wood waste, and biomass. And operators can swap out the drum screens to meet a specific size requirement.

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Mulch Makers Report Strong Start to Season PAGE 1 Pine Straw – A New Industry for North Carolina?

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