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Government Support for Community Composting Part 3: Cities and Counties with Public-Private Partnerships
Part 3 of our Government Support for Community Composting webinar series featured select jurisdictions that are providing a wide range of support for community-scale composting...
Webinar: Government Support for Community Composting Part 2: Food Scrap Collectors & Composters with Municipal Contracts
In Part 2 of our Government Support for Community Composting webinar series, you will hear directly from food scrap collectors. Join this webinar to hear...
Webinar: Government Support for Community Composting Part 1: Spotlight on New York City
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...
Recap of Compost-Related Bills in Maryland’s 2022 Legislative Session
With momentum from the wins for composting achieved during Maryland’s 2021 legislative session, ILSR’s Composting Initiative team supported three composting-related bills during Maryland’s 2022 legislative...
New Bill on Waste Diversion and On-Farm Composting Introduced in Maryland House
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...
Webinar: Funding Recycling Infrastructure via Disposal Surcharges
Surcharges on waste disposed at landfills and incinerators can raise significant revenue to support financial assistance programs for building local recycling programs and infrastructure. Learn...
Ohio has a few surcharge fees on waste disposal that fund state level regulatory programs. The original surcharges were established in 1988 by Ohio House...
Minnesota exhibits a unique example of a waste surcharge, where fees are collected at the generator level instead of at the disposal site. First introduced...
Santa Clara County, California – Waste Disposal Surcharges
Santa Clara, CA's Solid Waste Planning Fee was adopted in 1984 at $0.15 per ton disposal at landfills, incinerators, and transfer stations, through resolution by...
Alameda County, California – Waste Disposal Surcharges
Alameda County, CA's waste diversion and recycling programs are predominantly administered by the public agency StopWaste. StopWaste receives over 90% of its core funding from...
This webinar series features experts from across the industry and covers the ins and outs of on-farm composting and compost use, including setting up a...
Webinar: Compost – Soil – Plant: Putting the Many Facets Together with Dr. Will Brinton
ILSR’s On-Farm Composting & Compost Use Webinar Series features experts from across the industry and covers the ins and outs of on-farm composting and compost...
