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5 Jun 2019

Presentations from the 6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum

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In May 2019, ILSR convened the 6th National Cultivating Community Composting (CCC) Forum in New York City. Presentations from the two days of panels are below. Panels 1 through 3 took place Monday, May 12. Panels 4 and 5 were Tuesday, May 13. Also included below is the St. John’s University presentation on its food waste collection and composting program, which was part of the tour day, Sunday, May 11.… Read More
15 May 2019

Thanks for joining the 6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum!

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ILSR convened the 6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum in NYC May 11-14. These events brought together 140+ community composters (and those who love them) to network, share best practices, and build support for community-scale composting systems and enterprises. … Read More
18 Apr 2019

6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum: Event Program and Schedule

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This 4-day event will feature a training and field day, a tour of NYC community compost sites, and 2 days of community composters sharing their best practices and lessons learned in a peer-to-peer format.… Read More
28 Mar 2019

Community Composting Done Right: A Guide to Best Management Practices

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Community Composting Done Right: A Guide to Best Management Practices is designed to support community-scale composters in successfully managing their composting process and site, with a particular focus on sites accepting food scraps. … Read More

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10 Jan 2019

Webinar: Waste Incineration: A Dirty Secret in How States Define Renewable Energy

by | Date: 10 Jan 2019 | posted in: Composting, Energy, Energy Self Reliant States, waste - anti-incineration, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In a recent webinar, ILSR research associate Marie Donahue shared findings from our report, Waste Incineration: A Dirty Secret in How States Define Renewable Energy, highlighting why classifying incineration as a “renewable” form of energy is problematic. Allies from GAIA, a global anti-incineration network, and the national Energy Justice Network also presented.… Read More
4 Dec 2018

2018 World Soil Day: Compost Adds Organic Matter for Healthy Soil

by | Date: 4 Dec 2018 | posted in: Composting, waste - composting, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

December 5th is World Soil Day, a good day to celebrate the power of COMPOST to enhance soil fertility, structure, water-holding capacity, and carbon sequestration. Healthy soils contain 5% organic matter and compost is the best way to add organic matter to depleted soils.… Read More
31 Oct 2018

Time-Lapse Video of Baltimore Bin Build

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In 2017, ILSR launched the Baltimore Compost Collective, a food scrap collection and composting service that is employing local youth in Curtis Bay. Read more about the project here. This year we helped organize a community bin-build of a second composting system in order to expand the site’s capacity to compost food scraps. Check out our 1.5 minute time-lapse video of the bin-build!… Read More

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