{"id":15697,"date":"2016-02-26T01:35:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T06:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/md-bill-introduced-that-names-ilsr-to-state-task-force\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T12:03:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T16:03:24","slug":"initiativescompostingmd-hb743","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/initiativescompostingmd-hb743","title":{"rendered":"MD Bill Introduced That Names ILSR to State Task Force"},"template":"","class_list":["post-15697","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-article","initiatives-composting-for-community","authors-brenda-platt"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":6988,"background_color":"tan","article_type":[134],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","topics":false,"impact_areas":false,"abstract":"

Maryland House Bill 743 \u2013\u00a0Yard Waste and Food Residuals Diversion and Infrastructure Task Force, sponsored by Delegate Shane Robinson (District 39), would create a Task Force to identify means to promote investment in infrastructure to expand food waste\u00a0recovery,\u00a0evaluate the current recovery of food waste in Maryland, identify opportunities for expansion, and more. The Task Force would … Read More<\/a><\/p>\r\n","authors_tax":[601]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

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Maryland House Bill 743 \u2013\u00a0Yard Waste and Food Residuals Diversion and Infrastructure Task Force<\/a>, sponsored by Delegate Shane Robinson (District 39), would create a Task Force to identify means to promote investment in infrastructure to expand food waste\u00a0recovery,\u00a0evaluate the current recovery of food waste in Maryland, identify opportunities for expansion, and more. The Task Force would report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly. ILSR helped to write the bill and is named as 1 of 20 organizations to be represented on the Task Force.<\/p>\r\n

On February 24th, the bill was heard before the House of Delegates’ Committee on the Environment and Transportation. \u00a0ILSR arranged the panel of experts to testify at the hearing in Annapolis in support of the bill, which is unopposed.<\/p>\r\n

Testimony and Resources<\/strong><\/p>\r\n