On May 16, 2012, Vermont passed Act 148, creating a first-of-its-kind Universal Recycling Law. This historic law requires three categories of material to be separated and recycled: blue bin recyclables (such as plastics, paper, and glass), leaf and yard

How can we ensure composting is made accessible for all communities? How can composters implement the highest standards possible to prevent rodents in those communities? And what questions do the recent cuts to the NYC Compost Project raise that all compo

In this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, we are joined by Kourtnii Brown, founder and director of Common Compost (Oakland, California) and CEO of the California Alliance for Community

What do we lose when we no longer have control over what happens to the waste we produce? In this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, we speak to Melissa Corichi of Let It Rot, a community composting business in Palm Beach County in South Flo

What do we lose when we no longer have control over what happens to the waste we produce? In this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, we speak to Melissa Corichi of Let It Rot, a communit

What role does composting play in subverting barriers to local food sovereignty? In this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, we are joined by Khari Diop, an environmental educator, food s

How can a community reeling from multiple economic shocks use composting as a tool to build a more resilient food system? ILSRs Linda Bilsens Brolis talks to Renee V. Wallace of Detroit about composting as a tool for building equity and solving big chall

ILSRs Jess Del Fiacco and Brenda Platt talk to three community composters in California who have been impacted by solid waste franchise districts.

In this episode, host Sophia Hosain is joined by Composting for Communitys intern Alondra Sierra and Elinor Crescenzi, an activist, organizer, and a founding member of the Food Cycle Collective in Pomona, California. Elinor talks about Pomonas collabora

In this episode of the Composting for Community podcast, Nando Rodriguez, environmental facilitator at The Brotherhood Sister Sol, shares with us the various ways he engages youth in composting activ