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Infographics: Compost for a Better Planet
Composting cuts waste, enhances soil, protects the climate, and builds community (including jobs). Use our new graphics to share these benefits! … Read More
Stop Privileging Large Industrial Sites Over Local Composters — Episode 125 of Building Local Power
ILSR’s Jess Del Fiacco and Brenda Platt are joined by Tom Gilbert of Black Dirt Farm and Lor Holmes of the CERO Cooperative. Their discussion focuses on the need to support local and distributed infrastructure for food scrap recycling and composting.… Read More
ILSR to Host Home Composting Workshops for Baltimore City Residents
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance is partnering with the Baltimore City Department of Public Works’ GROW Center to host this series of virtual workshops on home composting.… Read More
How Recycling and Reuse Created Thousands of Jobs and a $1 Billion Boost to Austin’s Economy — Episode 120 of Building Local Power
Gena McKinley of Austin, Texas, discusses the economic and environmental benefits of the city’s Circular Economy Program — including highlights from a recent economic impact report that found it resulted in more than $1.1 billion in total economic activity and approximately 6,300 permanent jobs.… Read More
DIY Compost Screeners — Baltimore Community Compost Sites Build Their Own
As part of ILSR’s Baltimore Composting for Community Project, we are supporting about a dozen community compost sites in the city. This month we hosted two events in Baltimore to build DIY compost screeners designed for the community scale.… Read More
How the Baltimore Farm Alliance is Fighting Food Apartheid and Building Community Resilience – Episode 111 of Building Local Power
Host Jess Del Fiacco is joined by Denzel Mitchell, Deputy Director of the Baltimore Farm Alliance, and Sophia Hosain, leader of ILSR’s composting work in Baltimore.… Read More
Local Compost Enterprise Cultivates a Just and Healthy Community (Episode 102)
In this episode of Building Local Power, host Jess Del Fiacco is joined by Brenda Platt, Director of ILSR’s Composting for Community Initiative, and Kesiah Bascom, founder of OffBeet Compost.… Read More
Implementing COVID-19 Safety Protocols for Food Scrap Drop-Off: Spotlight on the Community Compost Depot at Frey Gardens in Providence
On this episode, ILSR’s Brenda Platt dialogues with Michael Bradlee, President of Earth Appliance Organics in Providence, Rhode Island, to discuss how one community composter is continuing to collect and compost food scraps with new safety protocols in place.… Read More
Webinar Resources – Composting at Home: An Introduction to the Basics
There’s never been a better time for home composting. Watch our webinar recording to learn how to successfully compost at home. The speakers covered the basics of hot composting outside and worm composting (or vermicomposting) inside. … Read More
ILSR’s Community Composting Work Featured in Short Film
Brenda Platt, Director of ILSR’s Composting for Community initiative, was interviewed in a recent short film produced by NRDC.… Read More
DIY and Reusable Masks
To protect against transmission of COVID-19, face coverings are critical. Given the shortage of N95 masks and their priority for frontline healthcare workers, we are providing this resource page on DIY mask making.… Read More
COVID-19 Resources for Composters & Food Scrap Collectors
Resources to help food scrap collectors and composters respond to evolving conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will update this resource page and welcome feedback and suggestions.… Read More
Webinar Resources — Navigating COVID-19 for Small-Scale Food Scrap Collectors: Drop-off and Curbside
In Part 3 of this webinar series, we heard from a panel of for-profit, nonprofit, and government food scrap collectors. They shared their experience in adapting drop-off and curbside collection programs in response to COVID-19.… Read More
The Case for Government Support of Community Composting (feat. Queens Botanical Garden)
On this episode, guest host Brenda Platt talks with Elsa Higby and Aleks Jagiello of the New York Compost Project Hosted by Queens Botanical Garden. This is Part 2 of ILSR’s discussion with them; to catch the first part, head over to our Building Local Power Podcast.… Read More
ILSR Helps Introduce Maryland Bill to Require Food Scrap Recovery
On February 19, the Maryland House Committee on Transportation and the Environment heard testimony for House Bill 589, “Solid Waste Management – Organics Recycling and Waste Diversion – Food Residuals.”… Read More