This Healthy Soils and Compost Policy Guide is designed for advocates, policymakers, and curious minds to explore a menu of policy avenues to address the...
ILSR’s Composting for Community team has worked closely with Delegate Regina T. Boyce to introduce the Solid Waste Disposal and Diversion and On-Farm Composting and...
In January 2021, Massachusetts passed Bill H.5250, “An act enabling partnerships for growth,” to finance and promote economic infrastructure and opportunities. Although the Governor pocket...
In November 2022, Oklahoma’s Healthy Soil Program Act (HB 4412) took effect. The bill was originally vetoed by the Governor in May 2022, but the...
Our webinar on World Soil Day explored how policy can be leveraged to advance soil health practices, high-quality compost production, and compost use throughout the...
In June 2018, Hawai’i’s Governor Ige signed HB 2182 into law as “Act 15,” establishing a permanent Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force in the Office...
San Diego County updated its zoning code with Zoning Ordinance Section 6977, Organic Materials Processing in 2022 to specifically support community composting activities. These updates...
During Maryland’s 2023 legislative session, an update to the permit exemptions for on-farm composting facilities that process off-site food scraps and other materials named as...
Pennsylvania's updated general permit allows the composting, vermicomposting, and hermetiacomposting (using black soldier flies) of a variety of source-separated materials. Materials eligible for on-farm composting...
In 2017, the California Healthy Soils Program (HSP) was launched with the goal of sequestering carbon, reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and improving soil health...
The County of San Mateo uses a $9.89/ton AB 939 fee levied on all waste disposed of at landfills in the county to pay for...
ILSR’s Composting for Community team has worked closely with Delegate Regina T. Boyce to introduce the Solid Waste Disposal and Diversion and On-Farm Composting and...
Are you a local government interested in reducing and recycling wasted food and curious to learn how you can help spur community-scale composting? Or perhaps...
California has implemented a statewide methane emissions reduction program focused on organic waste recycling and food recovery. The legislation (SB 1383) aims to reduce emissions...
A per-ton surcharge on waste disposed is a funding mechanism with a proven track record of raising funds to reduce and recycle waste. This model...