{"id":18234,"date":"2024-04-19T13:10:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T18:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/reintroduced-maryland-bill-on-wasted-food-reduction-and-diversion\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T15:42:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T19:42:31","slug":"maryland-hb1318-2024","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/maryland-hb1318-2024","title":{"rendered":"Reintroduced Maryland Bill on Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion"},"template":"","class_list":["post-18234","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-article","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-farming","topics-infrastructure","topics-on-farm-composting","impact_areas-food-security","authors-sophia-jones"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":1712,"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":[76,89,99],"impact_areas":[18],"abstract":"

ILSR\u2019s Composting for Community team has worked closely with Delegate Regina T. Boyce to introduce the Solid Waste Disposal and Diversion and On-Farm Composting and Compost Use bill (HB 1070) for Maryland\u2019s 2022 legislative session.… Read More<\/a><\/p>\r\n","authors_tax":[629]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

<\/div>\r\nILSR\u2019s Composting for Community team has once again worked with Delegate Regina T. Boyce (District 43, Baltimore City) to introduce the Solid Waste Disposal Surcharge and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Fund and Grant Programs Bill <\/span>(HB 1318<\/a>) for Maryland\u2019s 2024 legislative session. An earlier version of this bill was first introduced in 2022 as HB1070<\/a> and in 2023 as HB1139<\/a>.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe bill addresses the critical need for investment into wasted food reduction and recovery programs and infrastructure in Maryland by establishing major grant funding <\/span>programs based on a nominal surcharge on waste disposal. <\/span>Numerous other states<\/span><\/a>, such as those featured in our <\/span>2022 webinar<\/span><\/a>, have similar successful grant programs in place with positive impacts on their local communities, economies, and the environment.<\/span>\r\n\r\nIn Maryland, the grants could total more than $14 million per year to support local governments, small businesses, non-profits, schools, farmers, and more in their efforts to advance wasted food prevention, rescue, recycling, and composting projects and infrastructure.<\/span>\r\n\r\nDuring the 2024 legislative session, this bill received significant support, though the opposition, largely representing the hauling industry, strongly opposed the disposal surcharge funding mechanism, resulting in its removal from the bill. The bill progressed further this year than in past years, being voted out of committee and receiving a favorable vote from the House, though only after the funding mechanism was stripped out. Unfortunately, the bill did not receive a vote in the Senate after its hearing, which prevented it from passing.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n<\/b>\r\n

Click here<\/b><\/a> for a one-page summary of the bill\u2019s proposed grant programs and click here to read FAQs<\/a><\/b><\/h4>\r\n
Use our\u00a0model legislation template <\/a>to draft a policy like this for your own state or locality<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n \r\n\r\nSince the bill\u2019s first introduction in the 2022 session, there have been a number of changes based on conversations with numerous stakeholders to address their concerns and\/or suggestions to improve this bill. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), with the guidance of Delegate Regina T. Boyce, has gathered input from numerous stakeholders in order to get this bill to fit Maryland\u2019s unique landscape. Some of these stakeholders include the Maryland Association of Counties, Prince George\u2019s County Department of the Environment, Maryland Clean Water Action, US Composting Council\u2019s Maryland-DC Chapter, and others. More recently, ILSR collaborated extensively with the Maryland Department of Environment and Department of Agriculture to ensure the bill filled programmatic gaps and was implementable by the agencies.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u00a0As a result of these collaborations, major changes include:\u00a0<\/span>\r\n