The Compost and Soil Microscopy Mini-Course introduces the microbial life that exists in healthy soil and the basics of using a microscope and your senses...
This Model Ordinance is a tool local governments can use to create a regulatory landscape that advances the establishment, operations, and achievements of community-based composters.
On the Composting for Community Podcast, Victor Perez and Carla Doughty discuss green reentry, composting, and reaching community where they're at.
Watch this webinar recording to hear how researchers and programs are measuring contamination and learn actionable strategies for using data to drive results.
ILSR lanzará el Programa de Minisubvenciones para Compostadores Comunitarios que soliciten financiación deben prestar servicios en la comunidades históricamente desatendidas o marginalizadas.
ILSR will provide $150,000 in sub-grants to selected composters in historically underserved communities in New England and New York City.
Support the 9th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum. Contributions will primarily cover our scholarship fund and prioritize equitable access to forum events, as well as...
Widespread lack of compost-specific zoning regulations poses a major challenge to community-scale composters across the country. Because many local zoning codes do not include specific...
On July 1, 2024, the City of Pomona, California adopted a comprehensive update to the City of Pomona Zoning and Development Code. The updates removed...
ILSR’s Composting for Community policy team has once again worked with Maryland Delegate Boyce to introduce the Solid Waste Disposal Surcharge and Wasted Food Reduction...
Composting cuts waste, enhances soil, protects the climate, and builds community (including jobs). Use our new graphics to share these benefits! … Read More
Happy International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW), running from May 4 – 10, 2025!
These Spanish-language Composting Learning Activities are designed assist community composting sites in training their own community participants, as a hands-on complement to our Community Composting...
On the Composting for Community Podcast, Terry Craghead of Fertile Ground Cooperative shares how he's building worker power to create alternatives to Big Waste.
Use this rubric to assess how rodent resistant a composting site is, whether it's your own site or a site you manage or oversee.