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Community Composter versus Incinerator in South Florida
What do we lose when we no longer have control over what happens to the waste we produce? In this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, we speak to Melissa Corichi of Let It Rot, a community composting business in Palm Beach County in South Florida about her battle against the incinerators in her community.
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A Rotten Waste Merger
An environmental lawyer and activist calls bigness the most pressing issue in the waste industry. … Read More
Free Enrollment in ILSR’s Community Composting 101 Course September 18 – 30!
ILSR is offering free enrollment in our online certificate course to residents of states and tribal lands in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic from September 18 – September 30. … Read More
Compost at Home! ¡Taller del Compostaje Casero! Sign Up for Free, Virtual Home Composting Workshops
There’s never been a better time for home composting. Sign up for one of our 1-hour virtual home composting workshops this September. One workshop is offered in Spanish.… Read More
Webinar: Compost and Jumping Worms: What to Know
Jumping worms are invasive earthworms that rapidly degrade soil quality and destabilize local ecosystems. They can be easily introduced to your farm or garden via compost, mulch, or seedlings. This webinar will cover the latest research about jumping worms, best practices for preventing contamination, and specific strategies for on-farm and other composters. … Read More
Webinar: Compost and the FDA Produce Safety Rule
Are you a farmer who uses compost on their fields? A composter who sells to the farming community? A regulator who oversees rules relating to compost quality or on-farm compost use? This webinar will dive into FDA Produce Safety Rule Subpart F, which affects any farm applying stabilized compost to fields producing crops for human consumption in the United States. … Read More
Webinar: Census of Community Composters – Key Findings, Challenges & Future Outlook
Part 6 of our Government Support for Community Composting webinar series featured a presentation from ILSR’s 2022 Community Composter Census lead author Clarissa Libertelli, followed by a moderated panel discussion addressing key challenges to growth and what’s needed to support future innovation and investment. The panel included representatives from local government and community composting.… Read More
California – San Diego Zoning for Community Composting
San Diego County updated its zoning code in 2022 to specifically support community composting activities. The new ordinance promotes community composting by removing large facilities as the sole option and making organics processing more accessible to local compost sites on farms, in backyards, and at community gardens.… Read More
Zoning for Community-Scale Composting
Zoning code that includes specific language for composting enables composting operations to get up and running more efficiently while also promoting composting that follows best management practices, produces high-quality compost and zoning that protects public and environmental health.… Read More
Free Enrollment in ILSR’s Community Composting 101 Course May 7-13!
ILSR is offering free enrollment in our online certificate course to residents of states and tribal lands in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic during International Compost Awareness Week.… Read More
Maryland – On-Farm Composting Permit Exemptions
During Maryland’s 2023 legislative session, an update to the permit exemptions for on-farm composting facilities that process off-site food scraps and other materials named as “type 2 feedstock” was passed by both the House and Senate. This updated exemption more than doubles the area that may be used for on-farm composting: farms utilizing 10,000 sq.ft. or less for the active composting process are exempt from obtaining a composting facility permit.… Read More
Figures from A Growing Movement: 2022 Community Composter Census
ILSR’s March 2023 report, A Growing Movement: 2022 Community Composter Census, is the first census of community composters to track the nature and growth of this sector, identify its key challenges, and demonstrate its benefits. Select figures are available for download to help share the impressive growth of the composting sector with your community!… Read More
Government Support for Community Composting Part 5: Food-Scrap Drop-Off Partnerships with Local Government
Part 5 of our Government Support for Community Composting webinar series features case studies from Western New York in which local community composters and volunteers advocate and work alongside elected officials to bring forth change.… Read More
A Growing Movement: 2022 Community Composter Census
A Growing Movement: 2022 Community Composter Census is the first census of the community composting sector. With more than 50 figures and graphics, the report highlights the sector’s diversity of geographic and demographic representation, composting methods, composting feedstocks and output, employment, and community impact.… Read More
Composting for Food Sovereignty in Atlanta
What role does composting play in subverting barriers to local food sovereignty? In this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, we are joined by Khari Diop, an environmental educator, food security activist, and fifth-generation food grower from Atlanta.
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