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01/13/12

CASP – Covered Aerated Static Pile

I love new acronyms—especially this one: CASP.

It’s kind of hard to say and it’s becoming very popular in the compost industry (particularly in California). I first heard Evan and Neil Edgar use it a year or so...

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01/13/12

US Military Composting at Home Bases and Rapid-Deployment

In recent years ECS has completed two (2) pilot projects for the US Army using the AC Composter™; and has another permanent CV Composter™...

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12/29/11

Biosolids Composting in Montana--Again

I called Steve Briggs the other day to check in and see how the CV Composter™ system they bought from us last year was working out for them. Steve is the Chief Plant Operator at the...

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12/28/11

I want to start a compost company...what does it cost?
- Training
I get asked this question a bunch. In fact, I got two phone calls asking me that same question today. I love getting these calls. And everyone has to start somewhere (I know I did).

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12/28/11

Engineered Compost Systems - Our Story
- General
In 1999, Tim O’Neill saw an opportunity to combine his years of engineering and project management expertise with his love of the planet and formed Engineered Compost Systems (ECS). By 2001 it was a small company with a few successful in-vessel and ASP systems, and a handful of dedicated and...

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05/26/11

USCC Issues Alert to U.S. Composters

The US Composting Council--the trade organization of the composting industry--issued this alert to all US Compost Facility Members, therefore all compost facilities and users of compost in the US. The alert has also been sent out to the Compost Council of Canada; so far Imprelis has not been...

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01/25/11

Ishpeming, MI

OK OK, I know it sounds like I’m repeating myself here; and it’s really true. We have another municipal client that had no real previous experience composting their biosolids, and now they are a big success, with their customers wanting their compost product, and the state of Michigan pointing...

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10/14/10

From Biosolids Compost to a Solid Market in Granby, Colorado

Several of our biosolids composting clients are both municipally operated Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTP) and first time composters with no previous experience. We do a good job of training our clients on how to use ECS systems; teaching them the fundamentals of composting, and providing...

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09/22/10

SWANA Honors the Organic Resource Recycling Program at St. Peters, MO
- General
I’m never surprised (anymore) about how long it takes from the first time I meet someone (like at a trade show or over the phone) until the time that they become an ECS Client. The average is somewhere around 2-4 years. For example, I met Russ Batzel, Manager, Public Works Services Group, St...

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05/12/10

BIosolids Composting in BIg Sky, Montana
- General
ECS does not own or operate compost facilities, our clients do: Compost Facilities. It’s the Client doing the day to day operations once we start up our equipment and train their staff. After start-up it’s typical that we hear from the facility staff for about three...

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"Things have been going well and the (ECS) Aerated Static Pile Composting System has worked great for nearly one year now. It has allowed for much more efficiency in our operations, produces a more consistent quality product, and very importantly has allowed us to manage the odor issues we had previously. Our markets are growing for finished compost and the future looks bright. We have showcased the facility to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and US EPA Region VII officials and to elected officials from throughout the state last fall during the Missouri Municipal League Convention held in St. Charles County and all who have visited have been very impressed."

Russell Batzel

Manager, Public Works Services Group

St. Peters Missouri

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