{"id":15796,"date":"2016-07-14T14:25:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T18:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/montgomery-co-md-bill-requires-distributed-composting\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T12:04:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T16:04:18","slug":"moco-food-waste-bill-hearing","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/moco-food-waste-bill-hearing","title":{"rendered":"Montgomery Co. MD Bill Requires Distributed Composting"},"template":"","class_list":["post-15796","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-article","initiatives-composting-for-community","authors-brenda-platt"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":6573,"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":"<p>On June 28, 2016, Montgomery County Council (Maryland) Vice President, Roger Berliner, introduced legislation to require the development of a comprehensive composting and food recovery strategic plan. The bill might be the first in the country to stipulate a diverse and distributed plan that considers\u00a0food rescue, backyard composting, community scale composting, on-site institutional and commercial composting, &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/moco-food-waste-bill-hearing\/\" aria-label=\"Montgomery Co. MD Bill Requires Distributed Composting\">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":"<div class=\"ttr_start\"><\/div><p>On June 28, 2016, Montgomery County Council (Maryland) Vice President, Roger Berliner, introduced legislation to require the development of a comprehensive composting and food recovery strategic plan. The bill might be the first in the country to stipulate a diverse and distributed plan that considers\u00a0food rescue, backyard composting, community scale composting, on-site institutional and commercial composting, on-farm composting, local use of compost\u00a0to support soil health and the County&#8217;s stormwater management program, and more.<\/p>\r\n<p>ILSR worked closely with Council member Berliner, his staff, and the Montgomery County Food Council in crafting the bill. The &#8220;Strategic Plan to Advance Composting and Food Waste Diversion&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montgomerycountymd.gov\/COUNCIL\/Resources\/Files\/bill\/2016\/Packets\/20160628_4B.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Proyecto de ley 28-16<\/a>) requires the Director of the Department of Environmental Protection to develop the strategic plan by July 1, 2017, and to submit an annual report each year documenting progress towards achieving the goals of the plan.<\/p>\r\n<p>The bill already has the endorsement\u00a0of six of the nine Council members. Joining Council member Roger Berliner in supporting the bill are: Marc Elrich, Tom Hucker, Sidney Katz, Nancy Navarro, Hans Riemer.<\/p>\r\n<p>A public hearing on the bill will take place <strong>Martes 19 de julio a la 1 p. m.<\/strong>. The hearing will be held in Rockville, Maryland, in the Third Flooring Hearing Room of\u00a0the Council Office Building (1000 Maryland Ave). Go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montgomerycountymd.gov\/Council\/PHSignUp.html\" target=\"_blank\">public hearings webpage<\/a>\u00a0for information on how to submit written testimony to\u00a0the County Council or to sign up to testify in person.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"ttr_end\"><\/div><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-16 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Compartir en Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Filsr.org%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F43457&#038;t=Montgomery%20Co.%20MD%20Bill%20Requires%20Distributed%20Composting&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Filsr.org%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F43457&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Filsr.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F07%2FMoCo-compost-bill-page1.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Montgomery%20Co.%20MD%20Bill%20Requires%20Distributed%20Composting\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:16px;height:16px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Compartir en Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" style=\"display: inline;width:16px;height:16px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/32x32\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-16 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Compartir en Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet\/?text=Montgomery%20Co.%20MD%20Bill%20Requires%20Distributed%20Composting&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Filsr.org%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F43457\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:16px;height:16px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Compartir en Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" style=\"display: inline;width:16px;height:16px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/32x32\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-16 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-reddit nolightbox\" data-provider=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Compartir en Reddit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Filsr.org%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F43457&#038;title=Montgomery%20Co.%20MD%20Bill%20Requires%20Distributed%20Composting\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:16px;height:16px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"reddit\" title=\"Compartir en Reddit\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" style=\"display: inline;width:16px;height:16px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/32x32\/reddit.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-16 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Compartir por correo electr\u00f3nico\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Montgomery%20Co.%20MD%20Bill%20Requires%20Distributed%20Composting&#038;body=Share:%20https%3A%2F%2Filsr.org%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F43457\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:16px;height:16px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Compartir por correo electr\u00f3nico\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" style=\"display: inline;width:16px;height:16px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/32x32\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","":null,"settings":""}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Montgomery Co. 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