{"id":18634,"date":"2024-05-07T17:28:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T17:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/?page_id=18634"},"modified":"2025-10-10T09:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T13:50:15","slug":"policy-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/composting\/policy-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Biblioteca de modelos de pol\u00edticas de compostaje"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"parent":18537,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"class_list":["post-18634","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"description":"","background_color":"blue"},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Composting, particularly when done at the local level, provides a host of proven <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/benefits-of-community-composting\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">environmental, economic, and social benefits.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Beyond diverting wasted food from landfills and incinerators, composting combats climate change, rebuilds soils, creates green jobs, and more. Governments and advocates seeking to facilitate the rapid expansion of composting have a multitude of policy tools at their disposal. Developing clear facility permitting pathways and updating zoning rules can reduce barriers to entry for community composting. The inclusion of composting in healthy soils policies can also be effective. From simple home composting incentives to compost procurement policies, from funding via waste surcharges to universal recycling requirements, policies that support local composting take all shapes and sizes.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below you\u2019ll find existing model composting policies at the local, state, and federal levels, along with policymaking tools and resources within the topics.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/composting\/map\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ILSR\u2019s Composting for Community map<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reflects some of the state and local policies featured in this Policy Library.\u00a0<\/span><\/em>\r\n<h2><b>State &amp; Local Policy<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<h3><b>Organics Diversion and Recovery<\/b><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/yard-trimming-ban\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ban on Yard Trimmings in Landfills<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/food-scrap-ban\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food Scrap Recovery Policies<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articlescourage-composting\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rules to Encourage Composting<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><b>Zoning and Permitting<\/b><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/compost-zoning\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zonificaci\u00f3n para el compostaje a escala comunitaria<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/performance-based-composting\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Performance-Based Composting Permit Regulations<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/on-farm-composting\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Normas sobre compostaje en granjas y exenciones de permisos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><b>Infrastructure, Funding, and Capacity<\/b><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/waste-surcharges\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recargos por residuos para financiar el compostaje y otras iniciativas<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/compost-policy-tools\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Policy Tools for Capacity Building<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><b>Soil Health<\/b><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/compost-amended-soil\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Requisitos del suelo enriquecido con compost<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/soil-health-policies\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pol\u00edticas sobre salud del suelo y secuestro de carbono<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/on-farm-composting\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Normas sobre compostaje en granjas y exenciones de permisos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><b>End Markets for Compost<\/b><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/compost-procurement\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compost Procurement Policies<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><\/h3>\r\n<h3><b>Additional State &amp; Local Policy Resources<\/b><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/resources\/model-ordinance-mandatory-reporting-large-food-waste-generators-and-without-commentaries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Model Ordinance on Mandatory Reporting for Large Food Waste Generators<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (by Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Law Institute)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/resources\/model-executive-order-municipal-leadership-food-waste-reduction-and-without-commentaries#:~:text=To%20help%20address%20this%20waste,programs%20within%20and%20across%20city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Model Executive Order on Municipal Leadership on Food Waste Reduction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (by Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Law Institute)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerofoodwastecoalition.org\/state-toolkit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Achieving Zero Food Waste \u2013 State Policy Toolkit <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(ZFW Coalition)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/resources\/model-ordinance-establishing-pay-you-throw-program-residential-municipal-solid-waste\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Model Ordinance Establishing a Pay-As-You-Throw Program for Residential Municipal Solid Waste<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (by Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Law Institute)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2><b>Federal Policy<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/proposed-federal-compost-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proposed Federal Compost Act to Create $2 Billion in Funding over 10 Year<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/public-comments-on-epas-warm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recommendations to Improve EPA\u2019s Waste Reduction Model (WARM)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/healthy-soils-and-compost-in-policy-webinar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Webinar: Healthy Soils and Compost in Policy: Synergies and Opportunities<\/span><\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out the presentation by Ayesha Ali (Kiss the Ground) featuring federal healthy soil policies.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.compostingcouncil.org\/page\/FederalRecycling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Federal Recycling and Composting Accountability Act<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.compostingcouncil.org\/page\/NRCSCode336ResourceHub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USDA NRCS Soil Carbon Amendment Code 336<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","":null,"settings":""}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Model Composting Policy Library<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Policies that support local composting take all shapes and sizes. 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