As of press time, about 45% of you have renewed your USCC membership. For STA Certified Compost participation, 52% of you are partway through and 15% of you have completed all the pieces to renew. Thank you! If you’re not sure if you’re in this group, check your USCC member record here to find out. We have extended the due date to July 31 before we begin to charge late fees and remove you from the website and program, so working on your STA form and payment this month is important.
The International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) Committee has chosen "Soil Loves Compost" as the theme for 2020 through a new collaboration with the USCC Market Development Committee. ICAW 2020 will take place May 3-9, 2020.
USCC’s Target Organics Committee was formed to support municipalities in developing, executing and growing programs to collect and process food scraps and other organics. Committee assessments are underway with municipalities across the U.S. to provide alignment and engagement of many USCC, CCREF and member services; programs; and other resources housed within the association and its specialized member network.
We’re excited to announce our newly opened USCC C-Store! We have a number of books, as well as the USCC calendar and other items available for purchase. The book selections range from backyard composting to books for commercial-scale and community composting.
We are looking for expertise and support from compost manufacturers and suppliers who work with the U.S. college and university community, as well as institutional generators of compostable materials. With your help, we're putting together the second edition of the Equipment Guide for Small Scale and Institutional Composting, as well as the Campus Composting Manual!
Two members have written for us recently, one about providing composting of waste generated at the Standing Rock reservation during the pipeline activist fight - in frigid temperatures - and another member about the invigorating experience of lobbying your legislature for good compost laws and regulations.
Check out the Soilbuilder's Blog here, and if you’re interested in writing, contact Linda Norris-Waldt.
USCC Staff has been out in the field this month, building infrastructure, developing networks, educating the compost manufacturing community! Click below to see a gallery of images of the crew in action!
The USCC is a proud corporate sponsor of the weekly PBS television show Growing a Greener World featuring gardening guru Joe Lamp’l. Did you know that during the show’s opening credits, we are front and center, seen by 1 million viewers every week, with the worldwide brand Subaru as the show's sponsor?
 
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A new report from the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic and Center for EcoTechnology titled "Bans and Beyond: Designing and Implementing Organic Waste Bans and Mandatory Organics Recycling Laws" is hot off the presses. This toolkit has been on the LEAC wishlist, and we are thrilled that it is done.
Regenerative agriculture is having a moment. For long-time regen ag practitioners and proponents, this is probably jarring. But having written about regenerative agriculture for five years now, I’ve never seen such engagement or our stories about this ultra-sustainable method of farming perform so well.
More than 160 permitted compost facilities and more than a dozen anaerobic digesters accept approximately 6 million tons of organics per year, according to a California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) survey to assess capacity needs for upcoming regulations under SB 1383.
A year from now, Vermonters will need to find a new place for their peels: Food waste will be banned from disposal starting July 1, 2020, the final step in an eight-year plan toward sending less waste into landfills.
If you’ve renewed and you’re the Master Account holder (also known as "primary contact" for sending billing and info to vote), you can visit our new Member Portal and update your organization’s profile to add your colleagues so they can get benefits as well.
Just a refresher, in addition to the master account member, Bronze members can add one person; Silver, two; Gold, four; Platinum, six; Sustaining, eight; and Benefactor, nine.
Check your account on the Member Portal to be sure everyone on your team is getting USCC info!
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USCC members from the State of Ohio have affiliated with the U.S. Composting Council as an official state chapter of the USCC, it was announced this month. The Ohio Organics Council (OOC) is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit focusing on promoting the composting and organics recycling industry in the State of Ohio.
Kimberly Clark, a Benefactor member, has released their latest Sustainability Report, which contains a new goal for doubling the company’s greenhouse gas reduction target from 20% to 40% by 2022.
Cedar Grove Compost, a silver member, has announced the 2019 "Seeds for Scholars" scholarship winners, Sidney Gindroz of Tahoma High School in Maple Valley and Mehul Krishna of Liberty High School in Renton. Each was awarded $2,500 towards their tuition this fall.
Welcome to all our new members for July!
BioDOGradable Bags, a Bronze member, was one of two winners of Green America's Spring People and Plant Award! This season's award, with a $5,000 cash prize, focused on businesses that provide alternatives to plastic. The winners were businesses that either produce a product that is an alternative to plastic or that produce a product commonly made from plastic but which the business is making from other materials. The business also represented strong social and environmental leadership in general.
Their fall award is for Best of the Green Economy. Find more info here.
Tank's Green Stuff seeks an experienced individual to proudly represent the company with sales of premium organic compost, soils and mulch products in bulk and in bags. This outside sales role is perfect for a highly motivated, resourceful, confident, communicative and dedicated individual.
The King County Solid Waste Division is issuing this Request for Proposals (RFP 1177-19-LSM Vashon Island Organics Processing Feasibility Study) to solicit a Consultant to evaluate small-scale organics management options for the Vashon Island community.
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Governor Phil Murphy is (hopefully) being bombarded with email in his office in the New Jersey, and we can thank one of our newest charter chapters, the New Jersey Composting Council, for the work. In a covert late-session move, legislation that was originally designed to incentivize additional food waste composting (A3726 and S1206) was changed to allow food waste to be disposed of in incinerators and landfills.
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