Recently a study came out in regards to Portland, Oregon’s two compost facilities which accept PLA/Starch based plastic. Certain “trade organizations” have came out publicly stating that there is less than 4% (it’s 5% actually)of Compostable Plastic in the “oversR...

NOP IMPACTS The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Organics Program (NOP) was created to ensure the credibility of the USDA Organics label by setting rules and regulations concerning the certification of organic products. One rule requires compost feedstock to be free of non NOP authorized s...

Reading through Recology’s new service guide (2012-2013), we noticed the instructions for organics say that compostable/biodegradable bags are not accepted by California’s largest compost facility Recology, this is due to various different reasons including that most PLA products take...

Compostable Products Confuse Public Composting confuses the public as what products go where and why have local residents baffled, even the compost facilities need to approve each individual item. Cedar Grove compost facility which is an approved site for BPI says that even though BPI certifies p...

Throughout Charlotte’s Time Warner Cable Arena are special garbage cans marked “Compost,” “Recycle,” and “Landfill.” Each come with signs showing what is to go into them, though most of the errant garbage tossers seem to be using the “Recycle”...

In Marin, Many Compostable Materials Go Straight to Landfill Despite proliferation of biodegradable foodware, those products aren’t being composted at the two waste management facilities in Marin. As a result, people’s choices might not be as eco-friendly as they think. Greenwood School 8th grade...