BioCycle

What BioCycle does

BioCycle, operating as BioCycle Group LLC and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, is a privately held niche media and information services company focused on the organics recycling industry. Founded in 1960 as the journal Compost Science by Jerome Goldstein, the firm has published continuously for over 65 years and brands itself as The Organics Recycling Authority. Its core product is the free twice-monthly email newsletter BioCycle CONNECT, which delivers articles, technical guidance, and breaking news on composting, anaerobic digestion, biogas, food waste management, biosolids, and related regulatory topics such as PFAS and state-level organics diversion policies. The company's website, biocycle.net, functions as the primary digital publication platform and houses an extensive archive of organics recycling content.

BioCycle's underlying technology is straightforward: a content publishing platform (biocycle.net) coupled with an email newsletter delivery system. There is no proprietary software, mobile app, or API surface mentioned in the available data. The competitive moat sits in the depth of the editorial archive and the established audience relationship rather than in technology. The senior editorial team combines long-tenured operators with academic expertise, including a Senior Editorial Advisor who is a Research Professor at the University of Washington.

The business model is a hybrid of advertising/sponsorships, free newsletter distribution used to monetize sponsor relationships, and paid consulting services. Advertising revenue comes from equipment manufacturers, service providers, and industry associations in the organics recycling sector, with visible sponsor logos including ECS, BDP, Eco-Products, USCC, Rotochopper, KEITH, Coker, GMT, Xchanger, and Van-Dyk. The newsletter is free and serves as both a content distribution channel and an audience-development mechanism for advertising. Consulting services, covering composting facility planning, design, permitting, operations management, equipment evaluation, and marketing plans, represent a higher-margin professional services revenue stream that leverages the firm's editorial authority. Customers are segmented across organics recycling industry professionals, government agencies and municipalities, and equipment manufacturers and service providers.

Name

BioCycle

Legal name

BioCycle Group LLC

Website

https://biocycle.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

BioCycle is a privately held niche media company publishing since 1960, delivering a free twice-monthly newsletter, website content, and consulting services to organics recycling, composting, anaerobic digestion, and food waste management professionals, municipalities, and equipment suppliers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Media and Publishing

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Organics & Composting Programs (Food Waste, Green Waste) (BPABALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organics Collection & Processing (Composting/Anaerobic Digestion) (IMAIAFAF), Digestate & Compost Quality Testing/Certification (Lab, QA/QC) (BPALAEAK), Organics Contamination Monitoring & Compliance (QA/QC, Auditing, Reporting) (EUAIAEAI)

Keywords

• Organics recycling media
• Composting publishing
• Anaerobic digestion reporting
• Food waste coverage
• Biogas industry news

Headquarters

HQ city

Emmaus

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Advertising and Sponsorships: BioCycle generates revenue through advertising and sponsorship relationships with equipment manufacturers, service providers, and industry suppliers in the organics recycling sector. The website displays sponsor logos (ECS, BDP, Eco-Products, USCC, Rotochopper, KEITH, Coker, GMT, Xchanger, Van-Dyk) indicating paid advertising relationships with companies in the composting and organics industry.
2. Newsletter Subscription (BioCycle CONNECT): BioCycle CONNECT is described as a free e-newsletter arriving 24 times per year, providing content on composting, organics recycling, anaerobic digestion, and food waste management.
3. Consulting Services: BioCycle offers consulting services through their website, suggesting they provide professional advisory services in organics recycling as a revenue stream.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

BioCycle publishes a free twice-monthly e-newsletter (BioCycle CONNECT) and operates the biocycle.net website covering composting, anaerobic digestion, food waste management, biosolids, and related environmental policy. The company also sells paid consulting services for organics recycling facility planning, design, permitting, operations, and marketing. Revenue is generated primarily through advertising and sponsorships from equipment manufacturers and industry service providers displayed on the website.

Product overview

BioCycle operates as a media and information services company focused on organics recycling. The company offers a unified portfolio comprising BioCycle Connect (a free twice-monthly e-newsletter covering composting, anaerobic digestion, food waste management, and biogas topics), the BioCycle.net website serving as a digital publication with articles and industry news, and consulting services for organics recycling facility planning and operations. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BioCycle Connect Newsletter Free twice-monthly e-newsletter delivering articles, Quick Tips, and Breaking News on composting, organics recycling, anaerobic digestion, biogas, and food waste management to industry professional subscribers.
• BioCycle.net Digital Publication Platform Digital publication website providing articles, research, news, and category-organized content on composting, food waste, AD & biogas, markets, climate, facilities, operations, policies and regulations, biosolids, contamination, and related topics, supported by an archive going back to 1960.
• Organics Recycling Consulting Services Professional consulting services for facility planning, design, permitting, operations management, equipment evaluation, and marketing plans aimed at composting facilities, anaerobic digestion plants, and food waste management programs operated by industry clients, municipalities, and project developers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 65 years of continuous publishing on organics recycling topics
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Waste360: B2B media brand covering the waste and recycling industry, including organics, composting, and haulers. Directly comparable as a trade publication serving overlapping industry professionals and advertisers.
• Resource Recycling: Trade publication and conference organizer focused on recycling, composting, and organics diversion. Comparable in its niche media model and audience overlap with municipal and commercial organics programs.
• Recycling Today: B2B media publication serving the recycling and solid waste industry, including organics processing. Comparable in targeting haulers, MRFs, and composting facility operators with editorial content and events.
• Waste Advantage Magazine: Trade magazine for the solid waste, recycling, and organics industry. Directly comparable as a niche B2B publication with overlapping advertiser and reader base in organics recycling.
• MSW Management Magazine: Publication covering municipal solid waste management including composting and organics recycling. Comparable in serving public sector waste professionals and equipment vendors.
• Bioenergy Insight: Trade publication focused on bioenergy, biogas, and anaerobic digestion. Directly comparable for BioCycle's AD & Biogas editorial coverage and overlapping advertiser base of digester technology providers.

Broad incumbents

• GreenBiz Group: Larger sustainability media and events business covering organics and circular economy within a broader sustainability portfolio. Comparable as a B2B media company targeting sustainability professionals, but operates at a wider scope.
• Environmental Leader: B2B media brand covering environmental and sustainability topics for corporate decision-makers. Overlaps with BioCycle's audience on organics and waste management but addresses a broader sustainability remit.

Regional players

• Biomass Magazine: B2B publication covering biomass, biogas, and bioenergy markets. Comparable in covering anaerobic digestion and biogas adjacent to BioCycle's content, though with a broader energy industry focus.
• Circular Online: UK-based trade publication covering recycling, waste, and circular economy topics including organics. Comparable editorial model and audience profile, but primarily serves the UK/European market rather than BioCycle's US core.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BioCycleMag
• Facebookfacebook.com/BioCycleConnect

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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