Compost/Organic Recycling — March 19, 2019How Community Compost Startups Are Helping Compost Go MainstreamA growing group of “community composters” help individuals, organizations and food service providers divert compostable waste like food scraps, paper products and coffee grounds from the landfill. The environmentally-friendly startups stay true to the “community” in their classification by operating closed-loop systems that value waste as an asset. They provide the nutrient-rich end-product created through their business model to […] Compost/Organic Recycling — March 19, 2019
Collection/Transfer — March 17, 2019New York Lawmakers Move to Tackle Food WasteThe New York State Senate included the Food Donation and Food Scrap Recycling Act in their one house budget proposal—taking a critical leadership role in both addressing climate change and getting more food to hungry New Yorkers. This important bill accomplishes two major things: Requires the state’s largest generators of food waste to begin recycling […] Collection/Transfer — March 17, 2019
Compost/Organic Recycling — March 14, 2019Wholesale Food Distributor Composts Solid Food Waste Into Drain-Safe Wastewater OnsiteJersey Lynne Farms, a 49-year-old, family-owned wholesale food distributor in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn, carries 1500-1800 items, including milk, eggs, butter, frozen foods, and other perishables. Delivering to independent supermarkets and mom-and-pop grocery stores and bodegas, Jersey Lynne serves diversified customers including Spanish, Russian, Middle Eastern, Asian, and Caribbean groceries. The company delivers six […] Compost/Organic Recycling — March 14, 2019
Compost/Organic Recycling — March 11, 2019Denver Compost Program Grows, Readies To SellDenver’s citywide municipal compost pickup program is growing. Currently, A1 takes Denver’s waste, composts it and sells it in bulk for use on farms and other commercial operations. A new contract between Denver and A1 will extend their partnership for another five years and open the door for the two to sell smaller batches to […] Compost/Organic Recycling — March 11, 2019
Compost/Organic Recycling — February 26, 2019Cannabis May Hinder California’s Environmental GoalsSince cannabis waste – including leaves, trim, stalks, stems and root balls – was confirmed as organic instead of hazardous waste in the state’s recently approved industry regulations, cannabis greens are a component of California’s organic waste pileup – and subject to the state’s efforts since 2014 to cut its volume in landfills by 50 […] Compost/Organic Recycling — February 26, 2019
Collection/Transfer — February 26, 2019Senate Advances Bill Package Promoting Awareness of Food Waste and HungerA bill package sponsored by Senator Bob Smith, Senator Troy Singleton, Senator Richard Codey, Senator James Beach, Senator Nilsa Cruz-Perez, Senator Vin Gopal, Senator M. Teresa Ruiz, Senator Sandra B. Cunningham, Senator Joseph Cryan, and Senator Linda Greenstein, which would promote awareness of food waste and hunger, advanced from the Senate. “People need to be […] Collection/Transfer — February 26, 2019
Compost/Organic Recycling — February 14, 2019Nashville, TN’s Mayor’s Food Saver Challenge Seeks to Cut Local Food WasteUp to 40 percent of all food in the U.S. is thrown away. Every single day, Americans toss out enough food to fill the Titans’ stadium. About 20 percent of all waste in this country’s landfills is food. And the wasteful part isn’t just the perfectly good food going unused. Every time we toss those […] Compost/Organic Recycling — February 14, 2019
Compost/Organic Recycling — February 5, 2019Pizza Box Composting Incorporated in Residence Halls at Central Michigan UniversityTo increase their sustainability initiatives this year, CMU started a pizza box composting program. “CMU [Central Michigan University] is so great at composting because we collect both pre-consumer waste and post-consumer waste,” Facilities Operation Director, Jay Kahn said. Pre-consumer waste is waste produced by making a meal and post-consumer waste could be food scraps after a […] Compost/Organic Recycling — February 5, 2019
Compost/Organic Recycling — February 4, 2019How Composting Could Turn the Trash Tide in a Growing Central OhioComposting – decomposing food waste and other organic materials to recycle it – isn’t a common practice in Central Ohio, but some companies and schools are adopting it as a sustainability initiative to cut refuse. Composting programs launched in Central Ohio this year could present the growing region with an infrastructure challenge, but advocates hope […] Compost/Organic Recycling — February 4, 2019
Compost/Organic Recycling — January 31, 2019Policy Alert: SB1383 Organic Waste Diversion Poses Big Challenge for CaliforniaIn the next few years, California cities, counties and waste haulers will be facing a challenge unmatched since the beginning of mandatory recycling. As part of the state’s efforts to combat climate change, Governor Brown signed into law SB 1383 in 2016, establishing targets for reducing the landfilling of organic waste by 50 percent by 2020 and […] Compost/Organic Recycling — January 31, 2019
Collection/Transfer — January 31, 2019SWACO Funds Community Projects to Reduce Waste, and Reuse, Recycle and Compost MaterialsIn keeping with SWACO’s mission to improve the solid waste stream through effective reduction, recycling and safe disposal, SWACO has awarded $178,091.74 in competitive grant funding to fourteen community projects. The 2019 Community Waste Reduction Grant program represents an increase of an additional three grant recipients and totals nearly $45,000 in additional funding over last […] Collection/Transfer — January 31, 2019
Compost/Organic Recycling — January 29, 2019Eco-Products to take part in Compost Manufacturing Alliance programEco-Products, a Novolex brand of foodservice packaging made from renewable and recycled resources, has entered into an agreement with Compost Manufacturing Alliance to test all compostable products. The new Compost Manufacturing Alliance (CMA) testing program will cover all of Eco-Products’, including compostable plates, cups, bowls, containers and utensils. CMA is a nationwide partnership of manufacturing […] Compost/Organic Recycling — January 29, 2019
