West Virginia addresses composting in a novel way: it categorizes acceptable farm and facility feedstock types more broadly than most states. Since 1997, it has...
The state of Washington has comprehensive composting regulations to facilitate composting. The regulations conditionally exempt several types of composting facilities – including those that process...
Rhode Island requires most small-scale composters to submit a registration to the state. Certain composting activities such as applying agricultural manures or composting agricultural by-products...
Oregon’s composting regulations aim to facilitate composting while preventing public nuisance issues and any adverse environmental consequences. Oregon revised its composting regulations in 2009, as...
Ohio’s composting regulations are a great model for the region and other parts of the country. Officials have designed rules to suit various land uses...
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation asserts that promoting the recycling of organic materials through "composting, anaerobic digestion, land application, and other organics recycling...
Massachusetts allows certain types of composting operations to be conditionally exempt from the requirement to obtain a permit as long as specific performance standards are...
Massachusetts modified its composting rules in 2012 to “better accommodate the siting of anaerobic digesters and other new technologies.” Revisions to the state’s laws on...
This post explores how a community can put together a model solar ordinance. One example is Stearns County, Minn., whose solar ordinance protects pollinator habitat...
ILSR's latest report describes 26 actions that community leaders can adopt to help small businesses weather the Covid-19 pandemic crisis.
Farmers have a vital role to play in producing and utilizing compost to restore depleted soils. Permit exemptions authorize compost operations on farms and smaller-scale...
Performance-based compost regulations describe standards to be met without imposing restrictions on the exact way to meet those standards. Several states in the Pacific Northwest...
Iowa banned the landfill disposal of yard waste in 1991, and instituted regulations to broadly encourage composting, including on-farm, small-scale food scrap composting. The state’s rules...
Since 1997, it has been “unlawful to deposit yard waste, including grass clippings and leaves, in a solid waste facility in West Virginia.” This government...
What can an individual city or town do to fight climate change? A lot! View these slides from a presentation by ILSR’s Director of Democratic...