Food Scrap Generators (FSG)<\/h3>\r\nFood scrap generators include any \u201cperson whose acts or processes produce\u2026food residuals<\/em>\u201d at the rates listed below, with\u00a0these parties subject to abiding the following implementation dates:\r\n\r\n \t- greater than 104 tons\/year: July 1, 2014<\/li>\r\n \t
- greater than 52 tons\/year: July 1, 2015<\/li>\r\n \t
- greater than 26 tons\/year: July 1, 2016<\/li>\r\n \t
- greater than 18 tons\/year: July 1, 2017<\/li>\r\n \t
- greater than any amount, with no distance exemption: July 1, 2020<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAll FSGs are\u00a0required to source-separate food residuals from other solid waste, and either: (1) arrange for the transfer of food residuals to a location that manages food residuals following the prescribed food residual management hierarchy, or (2)\u00a0manage food residuals on-site.\r\n\r\nGenerators are affected by the ban if they are located within 20 miles of a certified organics recycling facility, but only if the facility has available capacity and is willing to accept such source-separated organic material. According to ANR, the intent of this distance-to-services radius is to encourage the development and expansion of infrastructure and to allow time for haulers to modify their vehicles so that they might collect the material stream with the same convenience as they do trash.\r\n
Universal Recycling Law Requirements<\/h3>\r\nVermont\u2019s Universal Recycling Law is much more comprehensive than a comparatively more simple disposal ban. According to ANR, the law:\r\n\r\n \t- Utilizes a set of phased in dates that help encourage and provide time for infrastructure to develop, partnerships to form, and hauling and collection programs to be developed and established<\/li>\r\n \t
- Eventually requires everyone to source separate organic materials from other waste and recyclables<\/li>\r\n \t
- Encourages generators to consider the adopted food recovery hierarchy when processing these materials<\/li>\r\n \t
- Creates convenience and consistency statewide for recycling and organics diversion<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nUniversal Recycling Law Timeline<\/strong>\r\nBefore individual material streams (i.e. recyclables and organics residuals)\u00a0are\u00a0banned from landfill disposal, there are preceding requirements of solid waste facilities and haulers to provide services for the collection of these material streams. Statewide source-separation, collection of, and ban from, landfills will be phased-in as follows:\r\n
\r\n \t- Mandated Recyclables by July 1, 2015<\/li>\r\n \t
- Leaf & Yard Debris by July 1, 2016<\/li>\r\n \t
- Food waste by July 1, 2020<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nFood Residual Management Hierarchy<\/strong><\/a>\r\nFood residuals will be managed according to the following order of priority uses, listed in order of highest to lowest priority:\r\n
\r\n \t- Reduction of the amount generated at the source of origin<\/li>\r\n \t
- Diversion for food consumption by humans<\/li>\r\n \t
- Diversion for agricultural use, including consumption by animals<\/li>\r\n \t
- Anaerobic digestion, composting, and land application<\/li>\r\n \t
- Energy recovery<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n
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\r\n\r\nEnforcement of Banned Materials<\/b>\r\nThe landfill disposal ban language in place for toxic and difficult to manage materials extends to mandated recyclables, leaf and yard debris, and food scraps under the UR law. As the landfill ban language indicates, there is no de minimis<\/em> amount of landfill banned material permitted. The UR\u00a0law<\/a>\u00a0indicates that no person shall knowingly dispose of the banned items in solid waste or landfills.","":null,"settings":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_basic_html","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_basic_html":{"heading":"","code":"
Universal Recycling Law Requirements<\/h3>\r\nVermont\u2019s Universal Recycling Law is much more comprehensive than a comparatively more simple disposal ban. According to ANR, the law:\r\n\r\n \t- Utilizes a set of phased in dates that help encourage and provide time for infrastructure to develop, partnerships to form, and hauling and collection programs to be developed and established<\/li>\r\n \t
- Eventually requires everyone to source separate organic materials from other waste and recyclables<\/li>\r\n \t
- Encourages generators to consider the adopted food recovery hierarchy when processing these materials<\/li>\r\n \t
- Creates convenience and consistency statewide for recycling and organics diversion<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nUniversal Recycling Law Timeline<\/strong>\r\nBefore individual material streams (i.e. recyclables and organics residuals)\u00a0are\u00a0banned from landfill disposal, there are preceding requirements of solid waste facilities and haulers to provide services for the collection of these material streams. Statewide source-separation, collection of, and ban from, landfills will be phased-in as follows:\r\n
\r\n \t- Mandated Recyclables by July 1, 2015<\/li>\r\n \t
- Leaf & Yard Debris by July 1, 2016<\/li>\r\n \t
- Food waste by July 1, 2020<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nFood Residual Management Hierarchy<\/strong><\/a>\r\nFood residuals will be managed according to the following order of priority uses, listed in order of highest to lowest priority:\r\n
\r\n \t- Reduction of the amount generated at the source of origin<\/li>\r\n \t
- Diversion for food consumption by humans<\/li>\r\n \t
- Diversion for agricultural use, including consumption by animals<\/li>\r\n \t
- Anaerobic digestion, composting, and land application<\/li>\r\n \t
- Energy recovery<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\nEnforcement of Banned Materials<\/b>\r\nThe landfill disposal ban language in place for toxic and difficult to manage materials extends to mandated recyclables, leaf and yard debris, and food scraps under the UR law. As the landfill ban language indicates, there is no de minimis<\/em> amount of landfill banned material permitted. The UR\u00a0law<\/a>\u00a0indicates that no person shall knowingly dispose of the banned items in solid waste or landfills.","":null,"settings":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_basic_html","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_basic_html":{"heading":"","code":"
- \r\n \t
- Mandated Recyclables by July 1, 2015<\/li>\r\n \t
- Leaf & Yard Debris by July 1, 2016<\/li>\r\n \t
- Food waste by July 1, 2020<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nFood Residual Management Hierarchy<\/strong><\/a>\r\nFood residuals will be managed according to the following order of priority uses, listed in order of highest to lowest priority:\r\n
- \r\n \t
- Reduction of the amount generated at the source of origin<\/li>\r\n \t
- Diversion for food consumption by humans<\/li>\r\n \t
- Diversion for agricultural use, including consumption by animals<\/li>\r\n \t
- Anaerobic digestion, composting, and land application<\/li>\r\n \t
- Energy recovery<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\nEnforcement of Banned Materials<\/b>\r\nThe landfill disposal ban language in place for toxic and difficult to manage materials extends to mandated recyclables, leaf and yard debris, and food scraps under the UR law. As the landfill ban language indicates, there is no de minimis<\/em> amount of landfill banned material permitted. The UR\u00a0law<\/a>\u00a0indicates that no person shall knowingly dispose of the banned items in solid waste or landfills.","":null,"settings":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_basic_html","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_basic_html":{"heading":"","code":"