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California’s composting mandate drives market growth

Published: January 5, 2024
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Food waste gathered for composting.

One year after California’s SB 1383 went into effect mandating organics recycling, 75% of jurisdictions report they have residential organic collection. | Jesse David Falls/Shutterstock

It’s been a year since a California law mandating organics recycling went into effect, and initial results show both high landfill diversion rates and strong market growth.

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Recycling industry makes announcements at COP28

Published: December 12, 2023
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Organics compost collection bin filled with scrap food.

Recycling industry players used the backdrop of the United Nations COP28 to make announcements. | Thomas Holt/Shutterstock

With leaders from around the world gathered to discuss climate change and action at COP28, the recycling industry is chiming in with its expertise and new goals.  Continue Reading

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EPA grants accelerate organics, reuse systems

Published: November 13, 2023
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Iowa City, Iowa will use a $4 million grant from the U.S. EPA to expand its composting facility. | Courtesy of Iowa City

Recycling and reuse infrastructure has attracted the attention – and grant money – of the U.S. EPA, and communities across the U.S. are taking the opportunity to shape the funding to their specific visions.  Continue Reading

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Software brings efficient data to organics collection

Published: October 30, 2023
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Now that California has mandated organics collection by local governments, Zabble hopes to see growing demand for its contamination monitoring tools. | Courtesy of Zabble

When Zabble interviewed dozens of municipal recycling stakeholders in California, one of the issues the company heard about was the inability to use contamination monitoring mobile device software in the field when there’s no network signal. Continue Reading

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Trucking firm seizes compost business opportunity

Published: October 9, 2023
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Brady Trucking entered the composting business as a natural extension of its years in the mulching sector. | Courtesy of Brady Trucking Co.

A Pacific Northwest composting facility has been brought on-line by a perhaps surprising entrant into the food scraps processing industry: a trucking company. Continue Reading

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Composters build facilities, eye policy changes

Published: September 12, 2023
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Divert is building an Integrated Diversion and Energy facility in Longview, Wash. that will have the capacity to process 100,000 tons of food scraps into natural gas annually. | Courtesy of Divert

Compost facility projects are heating up as Divert and Bioenergy Devco commence construction on new spaces. Meanwhile, there’s also been some policy movement around compostable packaging. Continue Reading

Agromin wins composting contract in California

Published: August 28, 2023
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The contract allows Agromin to operate a Merced composting site that is permitted to accept up to 25,000 tons of organics each year. | Jacob Boomsma/Shutterstock

Composting company Agromin has signed a contract to run a California county’s composting site, with plans for a major capacity expansion. Continue Reading

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New England state imposes food scraps disposal ban

Published: August 7, 2023
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New Hampshire’s legislature passed a bill that prohibits larger generators of food scraps from sending the organic material to disposal, with some exceptions. | Wangkun Jia/Shutterstock

New Hampshire lawmakers slipped a food waste disposal ban into a state budget bill, which was signed into law in June. Continue Reading

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How public money could propel organics processing

Published: July 10, 2023
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An organics site in Kent County, Mich. would serve as an anchor to a sustainability-focused business park. | Courtesy of Anaergia

A U.S. state and the Canadian federal government have recently put millions of dollars into large-scale anaerobic digestion projects. The following are details on the projects in Michigan and British Columbia. Continue Reading

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