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The House Environment Subcommittee considered the bill on May 14, and, after amending it to incorporate H.R. 4109, the Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (RCAA), referred the legislation to the committee as part of a bipartisan framework aligned with the Senate-passed STEWARD Act.Key provisions include a pilot grant program to improve recycling accessibility and a ...
“We are thrilled to be a winner of the 2021 Grow-NY Competition. Improving soil health through data and technology is important to us and we are grateful that our company vision was recognized by the judges. ...
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 USCC's Target Organics Committee has disseminated a survey - targeted at 2,000 municipalities -- to USCC chapters, ...
WeRadiate technology live-streams data enabling compost professionals to take action to reduce odor and pathogens, increase compost efficiency and comply with statewide regulatory standards. Improving efficiency standards can assist in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by more than 15% at a compost facility, this is ...
According to Loconte, eliminating the odor and mess of rotting food waste proved to be an ancillary advantage of composting over traditional organic food waste hauling. “The sanitation law requires that we separate the food and put it in separate containers. ...
In Italy, retailers were banned from giving out plastic carrier bags in 2011, with an exemption for biodegradable or compostable bags. The data used in the study derive from the official report conducted for the European Commission DG Environment, which stretches to 2012, and shows that Italy used an average number of plastic carrier bags compared to other ...
Abstracts are encouraged on the following conference topics: Feedstocks, Collection, Processing & Energy Production Increasing Food Residuals Composting in the U.S. Streamlining permit regulations for composting food residuals Developing diversion programs Integrating food residuals into existing yard waste composting programs ...
Biofiltration systems (otherwise known as biofilters, bio retention systems and rain gardens) clean water by filtering diverted runoff through dense vegetation and layers of natural substances, such as sandy soil, compost or shredded hardwood. Biofilters are popular for their ability to reduce flood peaks and remove pollutants. ...