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GREEN RIBBON AWARD FOR NEW ZEALAND COMPOSTER
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BioCycle
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June 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright J.G. Press Inc. Jun 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The New Zealand government recently gave Envirocomp, owned by Karen and Karl Upston, the Green Ribbon Award for their system to compost disposable diapers using a hotRot in-vessel composting unit, made by R5 Solutions. Approximately 450,000 used diapers were successfully composted in a five-month trial last year. When the system is in full operation by the end of 2008, it will be able to process 15,000 ...