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Compost Business Abbreviations and Terms

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Here are some compost business abbreviations and terms that you’ll come across in industry publications:
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BOD – Biological Oxygen Demand
COD – Chemical Oxygen Demand
Construction & Demolition (C&D) – waste from building construction, renovation, and demolition
contact water – rain that runs off the surface of the material
CNG = compressed natural gas
curing – period after initial processing in which the decomposition and humification processes are much slower; do not rush this part of the process; takes from one to four months
DBFO = design, build, finance, and operate
DBOOM = design, build, own, operate, and maintain
feedstock – ingredient in your compost mix, more here
FFV = fresh fruit and vegetable
FOG = fats, oil, and grease
FSE = food service establishments
HSAD = high solids anaerobic digester
leachate – liquid that seeps through the material, more here
LNG = liquified natural gas
MRF = materials recovery facility
MSW = Municipal Solid Waste, also referred to as comingled trash, this is what we throw out for the sanitation department to collect
OCC = old corrugated cardboard
PPB = paper and paperboard
PPP = public private partnership
putrescible waste – something that rots (regulations like to use this word)
RIN = renewable identification number (environmental credits)
RNG = renewable natural gas (upgraded biogas from an anaerobic digester or landfill)
RVO = renewable volume obligation
SMM = sustainable materials management (complete material life cycles)
SROG = sub-regional operating group
SSO = Source Separated Organics, organic material (food scraps, etc.) that is separate from other waste
tipping fee – the fee paid to dump waste at a landfill, composting facility, etc.

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Hoffman Composting is located just outside of Johnson City in Washington County, Tennessee. Our collection service area includes most of Johnson City and Jonesborough. (Call to make sure your address is near one of my routes.) If you are interested, but live elsewhere, please fill out the form to join the waiting list. Once we get 100 households in a new area, we'll launch there. Our food scraps and metal collection and recycling service is the easiest and cheapest way for you to support the sustainability of Johnson City and Jonesborough. Contact us today!
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