Implementing COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Food Scrap Drop-Off: Spotlight on the Community Compost Depot at Frey Gardens in Providence
On this episode, ILSR’s Brenda Platt dialogues with Michael Bradlee, President of Earth Appliance Organics in Providence, Rhode Island, to discuss how one community composter...
Webinar Resources – Composting at Home: An Introduction to the Basics
There’s never been a better time for home composting. Watch our webinar recording to learn how to successfully compost at home. The speakers covered the...
To protect against transmission of COVID-19, face coverings are critical. Given the shortage of N95 masks and their priority for frontline healthcare workers, we are...
COVID-19 Resources for Composters & Food Scrap Collectors
Resources to help food scrap collectors and composters respond to evolving conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will update this resource page and welcome feedback...
Webinar Resources — Navigating COVID-19 for Small-Scale Food Scrap Collectors: Drop-off and Curbside
In Part 3 of this webinar series, we heard from a panel of for-profit, nonprofit, and government food scrap collectors. They shared their experience in...
The Case for Government Support of Community Composting (feat. Queens Botanical Garden)
On this episode, guest host Brenda Platt talks with Elsa Higby and Aleks Jagiello of the New York Compost Project Hosted by Queens Botanical Garden....
ILSR Helps Introduce Maryland Bill to Require Food Scrap Recovery
On February 19, the Maryland House Committee on Transportation and the Environment heard testimony for House Bill 589, “Solid Waste Management – Organics Recycling and...
Compost Climate Connections Webinar Series: Carbon Farming Trials in Colorado
For the fifth webinar of the series, we are joined by Dan Matsch of Eco-Cycle and Mark Easter of Colorado State University’s Natural Resource Ecology...
Compost Climate Connections Webinar Series: Using Compost for Ecological Sanitation in Haiti to Mitigate & Adapt to Climate Change
View this webinar recording to learn about SOIL (Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods), which has been incubating climate-positive sanitation solutions in frontline communities across Haiti to...
Philadelphia Community Compost Network Public Meeting
On Thursday, November 14th, ILSR, Philadelphia Department of Parks & Recreation, the PA Horticultural Society and Penn State Extension launch the City’s new Community Compost...
Register now for a free hot composting workshop Oct. 26 that will provide community-scale composters the background they need to get started, troubleshoot on their...
Compost Climate Connections Webinar Series: How Compost and Cover Crops Sequester Soil Carbon
Jessica Chiartas, a Ph.D. student with the University of California, Davis Land, Air and Water Resources Department, joined us for our third webinar in the...
View the recording of our webinar with Dr. Sally Brown of the University of Washington, where she discusses how compost avoids methane emissions and sequesters...
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