{"id":19075,"date":"2021-07-21T16:17:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T20:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/?post_type=article&p=19075"},"modified":"2024-06-18T16:07:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T20:07:30","slug":"rhode-island-food-waste-recycling","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/rhode-island-food-waste-recycling","title":{"rendered":"Rhode Island \u2013 Requisitos de reciclaje de desechos de alimentos"},"template":"","class_list":["post-19075","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-state-policy","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-recycling","impact_areas-climate-and-environmental-justice","authors-brenda-platt","authors-sophia-jones"],"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":[112],"impact_areas":[16],"abstract":"In June 2014, Rhode Island\u2019s state legislature amended its Refuse Disposal laws, passing a food waste ban to take effect on January 1, 2016. This was done with the goal of prolonging the lifespan of the state\u2019s central landfill, as well as the desire to foster a greener local economy based on harnessing the waste for biogas generation or valuable soil amendment.","authors_tax":[601,629]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"In June 2014, Rhode Island\u2019s state legislature amended its Refuse Disposal laws (Chapter 23-18.9<\/a>), passing a food waste ban to take effect on January 1, 2016. This was done with the goal of prolonging the lifespan of the state\u2019s central landfill, as well as the desire to foster a greener local economy based on harnessing the waste for biogas generation or valuable soil amendment.[1]<\/a> In fact, in 2015 a waste characterization study prepared for the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC), consultants estimated that 165,100 tons (16 percent of tonnage accepted) could be diverted from the RIRRC Landfill through composting or anaerobic digestion.[2]<\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\"rhodeRhode Island\u2019s food waste ban applies only to organic waste producing institutions generating more than 104 tons per year (two tons per week). This includes commercial wholesaler or distributors, industrial food manufacturers or processors, supermarkets, resorts or conference centers, banquet halls, restaurants, educational or religious institutions, research institutions, military installations, prison corporations, hospitals or other medical care institutions, and casinos. These institutions are required to separate their organics at the source, then arrange for materials to be composted, anaerobically digested, or recovered through another approved recycling method (e.g. used for agricultural purposes<\/a>).\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nFood waste generators are exempt from recycling their materials if there is no composting or anaerobic digestion facility within 15 miles of the institution\u2019s location. In addition, generators are exempt if an existing facility with 15 miles lacks the capacity to accept their materials. Institutions are also free to compost their organic waste on-site with their own equipment.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nNotably, Rhode Island\u2019s food waste ban contains a distinctive clause. Under subsection (b) of the food waste ban, a waiver may be requested by the institution if the tipping fees of the compost or AD facility within the institution\u2019s fifteen mile radius would cost the institution more than the price of having the waste taken by the RI Resource Recovery Corporation at its going rate for non-contract commercial waste. For fiscal year 2021, the tipping fee at RIRRC<\/a> for commercial, non-contract waste is $115 per ton.\r\n\r\n \r\n

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