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Healthy Soils and Compost Policy Guide: Synergies and Opportunities
Sophia Jones
October 27, 2023
This Healthy Soils and Compost Policy Guide is designed for advocates, policymakers, and curious minds to explore a menu of policy avenues to address the critical need to both build soil health and divert organic materials from disposal via compost. READ MORE
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Healthy Soils and Compost Policy Guide: Synergies and Opportunities
Sophia Jones
October 27, 2023
This Healthy Soils and Compost Policy Guide is designed for advocates, policymakers, and curious minds to explore a menu of policy avenues to address the critical need to both build soil health and divert organic materials from disposal via compost. READ MORE
ILSR Supports Community Composting in Baltimore
Sophia Hosain
November 11, 2022
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s (ILSR) Composting for Community Initiative has collaborated with partners in Baltimore to advance scalable, community-driven composting sites, aiming to shift leadership, power, and resources to the community level. This article showcases the progress made and c READ MORE
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Healthy Soils and Compost Policy Guide: Synergies and Opportunities
Sophia Jones
October 27, 2023
This Healthy Soils and Compost Policy Guide is designed for advocates, policymakers, and curious minds to explore a menu of policy avenues to address the critical need to both build soil health and divert organic materials from disposal via compost. READ MORE
Media Release: New Survey Reveals Community Composting is a Rapidly Growing Sector in the Recycling Industry
Reggie Rucker
March 22, 2023
The community composting sector could create nearly as many new jobs as currently exists in the coal mining industry, according to the new report released by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR). READ MORE
ILSR Supports Community Composting in Baltimore
Sophia Hosain
November 11, 2022
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s (ILSR) Composting for Community Initiative has collaborated with partners in Baltimore to advance scalable, community-driven composting sites, aiming to shift leadership, power, and resources to the community level. This article showcases the progress made and challenges faced in our work with Community Composters in Baltimore. READ MORE
Smashing (& Composting) Pumpkins
Brenda Platt
October 20, 2022
One day pumpkin composting will be as common as Christmas tree recycling. Check out these pro tips to keep your pumpkins out of landfills and incinerators. READ MORE
ILSR Convenes the 7th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
Clarissa Libertelli
October 11, 2022
In collaboration with the US Composting Council (USCC), the Institute for Local Self-Reliance announces a forum and field day for community composters to be held in conjunction with USCC’s International Conference and Trade Show, COMPOST2023, in Ontario, CA. READ MORE