Composting
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Climate, Collection, Compostable Packaging, Composting, Food Waste, Policies + Regulations
Commentary: Let’s Restart NYC Curbside Organics Collection With Yard Trimmings
Reviving collections with yard trimmings only is straightforward for homeowners, custodians, and Sanitation workers, and can provide a base upon which to undo the inadequacies that led to big problems in the curbside organics program.
AD & Biogas
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AD & Biogas
AD Biogas To RNG Update
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the final Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for 2020, 2021 and 2022 in early June.
Food Waste
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Collection, Compostable Packaging, Composting, Food Waste, Policies + Regulations, Preprocessing
EPR Guidance For Compostable Products
The US Composting Council (USCC) and the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) released joint guidance on June 14 on how best to address compostable products in Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs for packaging.
Markets
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Markets, Soil Health
Peecycling
The Rich Earth Institute in Brattleboro, Vermont, founded in 2012, “explores all aspects of peecycling — urine collection, transport, treatment and farm application,” notes a description of the Institute on its website.
Climate
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Climate, Collection, Compostable Packaging, Composting, Food Waste, Markets, Policies + Regulations, Soil Health
Senate Environment Committee Hearing On Composting And Recycling
The Senate Committee Environment and Public Works held a hearing on February 2, 2022, entitled “Legislative Proposals to Improve Domestic Recycling and Composting Programs.”
