Community Composting Articles & Analysis
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As the council evolves and adapts to the needs of our membership, we need to continually analyze our strategic plan to best serve the compost community as a whole. The entire USCC staff is so excited to be working toward a common cause. This year will be big for compost on a number of fronts: record breaking demand, new and exciting resources ...
Unlike earlier rounds of reregistration, the ID clearly states "clopyralid is persistent in compost and can cause non-target plant damage from use of composted material contaminated with clopyralid residues.” In response to our comment letter, it states, "EPA acknowledges that clopyralid and other persistent herbicides pose significant risks to the ...
Big Reuse operates two community composting facilities in NYC, In Brooklyn and Queens. Big Reuse redeveloped a garbage-strewn lot into an effective facility beneath the Queensboro Bridge on NYC Parks land. Big Reuse works with the New York City Department of Sanitation, community organizations and NYC Parks to collect food scraps and leaves for ...
Finding land for compost facilities is not easy-and finding properly zoned land for compost facilities is even tougher. ...
The US Composting Council (USCC) has launched the second phase of Target Organics, a comprehensive program of the Target Organics Committee aimed at cultivating tools and strategies that U.S. municipalities can use to begin or expand organics collection in their communities. ...
The Composting Collaborative, of which USCC is a founding partner, is focusing its October webinar on the role of new businesses in closing the gaps in providing organics recycling collection and compost production and sales. ...
The grant was awarded under the EPA’s Environmental Justice Small Grants Program, which supports and empowers communities working on solutions to local environmental and public health issues. ...
As one of the world's leading producers of wine made from organically grown grapes, Bonterra is partnering with Growing Power, an organization focused on providing communities with healthy foods, to raise awareness and funds for urban farming. ...
'When it comes to being green, it's not about what we've done; it's about what we can still do for our environment and the nonprofit community, which is why we have also entered the Charleston Green Business Challenge.' ...
Brighton Community Compost Centre, the first community composter to achieve PAS 100, admitted the “the cost of certification on a per tonne basis is high”. ...
A time to get your community up and cheering “the possibilities are endless … compost!” ...