{"id":19073,"date":"2022-11-11T16:12:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T21:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/?post_type=article&p=19073"},"modified":"2024-06-28T12:46:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T16:46:57","slug":"massachusetts-organics-recovery","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/massachusetts-organics-recovery","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts \u2013 Prohibici\u00f3n de desechos org\u00e1nicos comerciales"},"template":"","class_list":["post-19073","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-state-policy","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-climate-change","topics-recycling","impact_areas-climate-and-environmental-justice","authors-brenda-platt"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":"","background_color":"tan","article_type":[36],"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":[62,112],"impact_areas":[16],"abstract":"Massachusetts\u2019 food waste\u00a0ban was proposed in July 2013, accepted to update the state\u2019s Solid Waste Facility Regulations in January 2014, and went\u00a0into effect October 1, 2014. The regulatory body responsible for enforcing the ban is the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP).","authors_tax":[601]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Massachusetts has a problem: it is running out of landfill capacity<\/a> and already has disposal fees higher than the national average. Accordingly, in 2013, Massachusetts planned<\/a> to reduce the quantity of waste disposed by 30% in 2020, and by 80% in 2050, from a 2008 baseline level. In working toward achieving this goal, they targeted food waste, resulting in a reduction<\/a> of 180,000 tons of food waste per year between 2008 and 2018.\u00a0 Because organic materials represented 25% of the waste stream, with more than 45% of this material generated by businesses and institutions, Massachusetts set its sights on commercial generators. Leading the charge on the regulatory front for state level organics disposal bans, Massachusetts now requires large-scale generators to recover and recycle their organic materials.\r\n\r\nMassachusetts\u2019 food waste\u00a0ban<\/a> was proposed in July 2013, accepted to update the state\u2019s Solid Waste Facility Regulations<\/a> in January 2014, and went\u00a0into effect October 1, 2014. The regulatory body responsible for enforcing the ban is the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP). More information on Massachusetts\u2019 ban, including detailed guidance materials for businesses, institutions, haulers, and facility operators can be found on the MassDEP website<\/a>.\r\n

Ban Requirements<\/h3>\r\nThe following definitions of banned organic materials are presented as they appear in the amendments made<\/a> to Massachusetts\u2019 Solid Waste Facility Regulations (310 CMR 19.006<\/a>):\r\n
\u201cCommercial Organic Material\u201d means food material and vegetative material from any entity that generates more than one-half ton of those materials for solid waste disposal per week, but excludes material from a residence.\r\n\r\n[\u2026]\r\n

\u201cFood Material\u201d means material produced from human or animal food production, preparation and consumption activities and which consists of, but is not limited to, fruits, vegetables, grains, and fish and animal products and byproducts.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nGenerators are prohibited from disposing, transferring for disposal, contracting for the disposal, or transporting commercial organic material. Effective November 2022, the ban threshold was updated from one ton of commercial organic material generated per week to one-half ton of commercial organic material per week.\r\n\r\nLandfills, transfer facilities, and combustion facilities will be prohibited from accepting commercial organic material except to handle, recycle or compost this material in accordance with their individual\u00a0MassDEP-approved Waste Ban Plan.\r\n

Targeted Generators<\/h3>\r\nUnder 310 CMR 19.003, Massachusetts regulations require \u201canyone disposing of, transferring for disposal, contracting for the disposal or transport of\u201d commercial organic material to comply with the ban. Generation of a commercial level of organic waste is defined as those entities disposing of at least one-half ton per week of organic materials, even if done so only seasonally. Organic materials generated by residences are not included in this definition.\r\n\r\nMassDEP\u2019s guidance materials<\/a> for the Commercial Organics Waste Ban gives guidelines for some of the commercial and institutional generators who may be affected by the ban, clarifying that the ban threshold is based on commercial organic material disposal on a weekly basis. So, if a business exceeds the threshold for any week, even if only for part of the year, it would be subject to the ban.\r\n\r\nAffected generators may include:\r\n