California has the largest number of organic farms in the US, and these operations frequently utilize compost products for its myriad benefits. As such, California...
Wisconsin revised its composting regulations in the early 2010s; the new rules came into effect June 1, 2012. To ensure the quality of finished compost and...
West Virginia addresses composting in a novel way: it categorizes acceptable farm and facility feedstock types more broadly than most states. Since 1997, it has...
Rhode Island requires most small-scale composters to submit a registration to the state. Certain composting activities such as applying agricultural manures or composting agricultural by-products...
Oregon’s composting regulations aim to facilitate composting while preventing public nuisance issues and any adverse environmental consequences. Oregon revised its composting regulations in 2009, as...
Ohio’s composting regulations are a great model for the region and other parts of the country. Officials have designed rules to suit various land uses...
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation asserts that promoting the recycling of organic materials through "composting, anaerobic digestion, land application, and other organics recycling...
Massachusetts allows certain types of composting operations to be conditionally exempt from the requirement to obtain a permit as long as specific performance standards are...
Vermont has aggressively embarked on a first-of-its-kind, statewide parallel collection program of all mandated recyclable materials, including yard debris and food residuals. By taking a...
Host Jess Del Fiacco and Neil Seldman, Director of ILSR’s Waste to Wealth initiative, interview three zero waste advocates from Gainesville, Fla. … Read More
San Francisco set the goal of achieving 75 percent diversion from landfill by 2010 and zero waste by 2020. To achieve this ambitious aim, the...
In June 2014, Rhode Island’s state legislature amended its Refuse Disposal laws, passing a food waste ban to take effect on January 1, 2016. This...
Policy is a major driving factor in enabling and mobilizing composting efforts, especially for farmers and local community sites, by providing financial incentives and supporting...
The right to engage in composting is often prohibited or highly restricted for those living within homeowners’ associations (HOAs) or condominiums. Maryland House Bill 248,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Virgil McDill, vmcdill@ilsr.org, 202.294.9187 Statement from Brenda Platt, Director of the Composting for Community Initiative at the Institute for Local...