{"id":16621,"date":"2018-05-02T15:18:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T19:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/washington-d-c-home-composting-bill-unanimously-passes-city-council\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T12:03:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T16:03:55","slug":"washington-dc-home-composting-bill-passes","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/washington-dc-home-composting-bill-passes","title":{"rendered":"Washington, D.C. Home Composting Bill Unanimously Passes City Council"},"template":"","class_list":["post-16621","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-article","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-home-composting","topics-regulations","impact_areas-resilient-cities-and-metros","authors-brenda-platt"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":4583,"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":[86,113],"impact_areas":[22],"abstract":"

On May 1, 2018, Bill B22-0501 \u2013 Home Composting Incentives Amendment Act of 2018 unanimously passed the D.C. City Council. ILSR has supported and worked on this bill since it was first introduced by City Councilmember Mary Cheh. Home composting is an important part of any community\u2019s strategy to recycle food scraps and yard trimmings. By cutting waste set out at the curb for municipal collection, home composting will save the City avoided costs in hauling and disposal site tipping fees. At the same, residents will enrich the soil in their own yards.… 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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On May 1, 2018, Bill B22-0501 \u2013 Home Composting Incentives Amendment Act of 2018<\/a> unanimously passed the D.C. City Council. ILSR has supported and worked on this bill since it was first introduced by City Councilmember Mary Cheh. Home composting is an important part of any community\u2019s strategy to recycle food scraps and yard trimmings. (See our Jerarqu\u00eda para reducir el desperdicio de alimentos y hacer crecer la comunidad<\/a>). By cutting waste set out at the curb for municipal collection, home composting will save the City avoided costs in hauling and disposal site tipping fees. At the same time, residents will enrich the soil in their own yards.<\/p>\r\n

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ILSR co-director and Composting for Community initiative director Brenda Platt testifying in front of the D.C. council committee.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

ILSR\u2019s extensive research on other municipal home composting programs informed the testimonio<\/a> that ILSR submitted to support the bill. This research is available in our report,\u00a0\u00a1S\u00ed! En mi patio trasero: gu\u00eda de compostaje dom\u00e9stico para gobiernos locales<\/i><\/a>. Our findings indicate that the most successful programs:<\/p>\r\n