Compost/Organic Recycling — June 24, 2019Composting Vermont: One Year Until Food Scraps Aren’t Allowed in GarbageFood waste in Vermont will be banned from disposal starting July 1, 2020, the final step in an eight-year plan toward sending less waste into landfills. “Everyone, including businesses, homeowners and renters will be asked to keep food scraps out of their trash as part of the Universal Recycling Law,” said Agency of Natural Resources […] Compost/Organic Recycling — June 24, 2019
Compost/Organic Recycling — June 20, 2019Philadelphia, PA to Launch City-Wide Composting Network of Up to 25 SitesPhiladelphia plans to create a citywide network of up to 25 composting sites, designed to reduce food waste and create organic soil for residents to use for gardens and crops. The Parks and Recreation Department and Office of Sustainability is seeking applicants to host the sites, preferably be located on city-owned land used by urban […] Compost/Organic Recycling — June 20, 2019
Compost/Organic Recycling — June 20, 2019Katharine Wilkinson of Project Drawdown to Keynote USCC’s COMPOST2020Katharine Wilkinson, author and vice president at Project Drawdown, the organization advancing a groundbreaking approach to climate change that highlights the soils beneath our feet as one of the steps to capturing carbon, headlines the US Composting Council’s 2020 conference in Charleston, SC next January. Katharine is Vice President of Communication and Engagement at Project […] Compost/Organic Recycling — June 20, 2019
Collection/Transfer — June 13, 2019Caglia Charity Golf Classic Contributes Funds to Food to Share ProgramCaglia Environmental’s May Charity Golf Classic provided a significant contribution to Fresno Metro Ministry’s Food to Share program. “We’re delighted with the generosity of our sponsors and golfers at our Charity Golf Classic,”said Rich Caglia, head of Corporate Development for Caglia Environmental and the Cagliafamily’s spokesman. “Everyone had a great time on the course and […] Collection/Transfer — June 13, 2019
Collection/Transfer — June 12, 2019Racine County, WI Group’s Initiative Looks to Cut Food WasteMichael Keleman, InSinkErator’s manager of environmental engineering and marketing, is one of two co-facilitators for the Greater Racine Zero Waste Initiative, a local effort to stave off the landfill’s closure, with all the costs and difficulties that will bring. Keleman said the Zero Waste Initiative started about two years ago with Racine City Administrator Jim […] Collection/Transfer — June 12, 2019
Compost/Organic Recycling — June 7, 2019New Ingredients Key to Sustainable Growth: Earned Revenue and Technology at Food Recovery NonprofitsWith nearly 40 million Americans facing food insecurity, there is an enormous need and opportunity for recovery organizations to deliver more food at scale and become operationally sustainable. Developing earned revenue models and adopting innovative technology solutions are key to solving this problem. From its work tracking the latest food recovery trends and insights, ReFED […] Compost/Organic Recycling — June 7, 2019
Collection/Transfer — June 7, 2019How Massachusetts’ Commercial Food Waste Disposal Ban Is WorkingOne-fourth of what’s thrown into the garbage in Massachusetts is food, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP); that’s the largest portion of the waste stream. The state’s landfills are nearing capacity. And as food rots in those dumps, it generates methane — a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. At the […] Collection/Transfer — June 7, 2019
Compost/Organic Recycling — June 5, 2019Missoula, MT May Need Mandatory Recycling to Reach Zero WasteMandatory recycling is a complicated proposition, especially in a city like Missoula where the government neither owns the landfill nor the trash-hauling utility, said Chase Jones, Missoula’s energy conservation coordinator. But a recycling ordinance – combined with voluntary measures – is probably the only way Missoula will reach its “Zero by 50” goal. A Zero […] Compost/Organic Recycling — June 5, 2019
Compost/Organic Recycling — May 27, 2019Utah’s Rotten, Stinky Food Can Now Be Transformed into Natural Gas and FertilizerUtah’s first anaerobic food digester revved up in late February and, as of last week, was taking in about 100,000 gallons of food waste a day — one-third its capacity. It’s still in the fine-tuning “pilot phase,” explained Morgan Olsen Bowerman, the sustainability manager for Wasatch Resource Recovery, which operates the digester. Food waste collection […] Compost/Organic Recycling — May 27, 2019
Compost/Organic Recycling — May 24, 2019Washington State Legalizes ‘Human Composting’On Tuesday, Washington state Governor, Jay Inslee, signed legislation to become the first state to legalize “human composting,” an alternative to conventional burial and cremation that produces topsoil suitable for gardening. The practice is described by proponents as an eco-friendly form of final disposition. Inslee, a Democrat, is making climate change the focus of his presidential […] Compost/Organic Recycling — May 24, 2019
Compost/Organic Recycling — May 22, 2019Vermeer Corporation Announces Partnership with U.S. Compost Council to Offer One-Year Complimentary MembershipVermeer Corporation and the US Composting Council (USCC) are teaming up to give organic waste recycling companies a complimentary one-year membership with the purchase of a new Vermeer horizontal grinder, tub grinder, trommel screen or compost turner*. A membership to the USCC provides organic waste recyclers access to valuable educational resources and training, networking opportunities […] Compost/Organic Recycling — May 22, 2019
Compost/Organic Recycling — May 17, 2019How One Atlanta Startup Solved The Biggest Problem In Food Waste RecoveryGoodr is a two-year-old startup that provides restaurants, airports, convention centers and other food service operations with a blockchain-based digital platform to track surplus food and a food waste recovery service. Essentially, Goodr offers insights to help food businesses reduce waste, and then picks up and donates what waste they don’t mitigate. Several similar platforms […] Compost/Organic Recycling — May 17, 2019
