Composting
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Mill x R. City Pilot Rewrites Food Waste Collection in Phoenix
Phoenix pilots a food scrap diversion model without curbside collection, achieving high participation and diversion through in-home processing and monthly pickup.
Food Waste
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Honolulu Expands Green Cart Program to Include Food Scraps
Honolulu launches a pilot to add food scraps to its green cart program, testing co-collection with Hawaiian Earth Recycling to expand diversion without new routes.
AD & Biogas
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Napa’s Next Phase: Anaerobic Digestion Joins a Mature Composting System
Napa integrates anaerobic digestion with composting using SMARTFERM technology, producing renewable natural gas and expanding organics processing capacity.
Markets
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CompostNow Expands with City of Decatur Curbside Program
CompostNow expands into Decatur with a city-led curbside composting program, highlighting a scalable model built on municipal partnerships, participation density, and operational efficiency.
Climate
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Compostable Packaging Acceptance Up 9% Since 2023
Five years of research, funding, and collaboration reveal what it really takes for compostable packaging to succeed within U.S. organics recycling systems.
Policies + Regulations
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Albuquerque’s Composting Capacity Expands
A new executive order on food access and recovery is reshaping Albuquerque’s organics system, with Full Sun Compost building local infrastructure to meet rising demand.














