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...
ILSR is offering free enrollment in our online certificate course to residents of states and tribal lands in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic during International Compost...
ILSR’s March 2023 report, A Growing Movement: 2022 Community Composter Census, is the first census of community composters to track the nature and growth of this sector,...
Part 5 of our Government Support for Community Composting webinar series features case studies from Western New York in which local community composters and volunteers...
Profile on the people behind Project Waves, a non-profit organization founded in 2018 to bring broadband to mostly low-income households in Baltimore City…… Read More
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...
Our new report Minnesota Broadband: Land of 10,000 Connectivity Solutions showcases the diverse range of approaches communities and local ISPs have taken to expand affordable,...
Policy is a major driving factor in enabling and mobilizing composting efforts, especially for farmers and local community sites, by providing financial incentives and supporting...
The right to engage in composting is often prohibited or highly restricted for those living within homeowners’ associations (HOAs) or condominiums. Maryland House Bill 248,...
ILSR has actively worked with state officials and legislators for years to move Maryland forward on composting wasted food and other organics. Now, four new...
Bike-powered food scrap collectors are one of the fastest growing sectors of the food recovery industry. Join this webinar to learn more about them!… Read...
In 2017, ILSR launched the Baltimore Compost Collective, a food scrap collection and composting service that is employing local youth in Curtis Bay. Read more...
Reuse International is holding their biennial conference, ReuseConex 2018, on October 18-20, 2018 in Cincinnati, Ohio. … Read More
ILSR’s report, Yes! In My Backyard: A Home Composting Guide for Local Government, profiles 11 home composting programs (10 in the United States, 1 in Canada)...
From healthy soils, to good local jobs, we bet you didn’t know that compost can have such an impact! So think twice before you throw...