In 2025, the City of Durango adopted Resolution R-2025-0004, which directed the city manager to execute pilot organic waste management programs, conduct research on ordinances...
In 2022, Washington State passed House Bill 1799, which updated several provisions related to organic materials disposal and management. The bill also addresses compost purchasing,...
A snapshot of the operations, diversion, community impacts, finances, government partnerships, and contamination rates of this distinct and often underrepresented slice of the composting sector.
Iowa banned the landfill disposal of yard waste in 1991, and instituted regulations to broadly encourage composting, including on-farm, small-scale food scrap composting. The state’s rules...