To kick off International Compost Awareness Week, ILSR and Highfields Center for Composting held a “The Power of Community Composting” webinar on May 5th at 4 pm. Brenda Platt, ILSR Co-Director and Director of the Composting Makes $en$e project, presented. More information see here… Read More
Composting and Community Resilience, is a presentation by Brenda Platt, Co-Director, Institute for Local Self Reliance. Brenda spoke on November 20, 2013, at a speaker series organized by the Prince George’s County Planning Department. Based on the findings of two recent ILSR reports from the Composting Makes $en$e Project, the presentation features new research on the … Read More
ILSR is pleased to announce — along with BioCycle, Highfields Center for Composting, and the Organics Recycling Association of Ohio — Cultivating Community Composting, a day-long forum in Columbus, Ohio.… Read More
Waste & Recycling News, May 8, 2013 Composting is a major job creator, according to a new report released from the non-profit Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Based on a survey of Maryland composters, the report found that 1,400 new full-time jobs could be supported for every million tons of yard trimmings and food scraps converted into … Read More
Two new reports from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s Composting Makes $en$e Project document the importance of expanded composting and compost use to enhance soils, protect watersheds, reduce waste, and create green jobs and a new made-in-America industrial sector. For press release, click here. With compostable material making up almost one-half of municipal solid waste, there is … Read More
Recycling is an economic development tool as well as an environmental tool. Reuse, recycling, and waste reduction offer direct development opportunities for communities. When collected with skill and care, and upgraded with quality in mind, discarded materials are a local resource that can contribute to local revenue, job creation, business expansion, and the local economic base.… Read More
Columbia Patch, April 22, 2013 It’s easy to think nothing of throwing carrot or potato peels into the trash or down the garbage disposal. They quickly decompose. But Howard County announced on Monday that residents can participate in an expanded pilot program that composts food scrap and yard waste. A new composting facility at the Alpha … Read More
Howard County, April 22, 2013 Howard County Executive Ken Ulman opened a state-of-the art composting operation today that will allow the County to double its curbside food scrap collection to 10,000 households, the largest in Maryland. The facility will operate at the Alpha Ridge Landfill in Marriottsville, diverting up to 400 tons of material a year … Read More
Columbia Patch, April 22, 2013 It’s easy to think nothing of throwing carrot or potato peels into the trash or down the garbage disposal. They quickly decompose. But Howard County announced on Monday that residents can participate in an expanded pilot program that composts food scrap and yard waste. A new composting facility at the Alpha … Read More
