Report: Greater Chicagoland Compost Summit

Using exisiting govt resources to subsidize composting and creating incentives for compost usage tied for the top INFRASTUCTURE priorities for attendees .

5% engagement & outreach w/ private sector

broaden to other big actors like ComEd, waste haulers ect.

9%

28%

use existing govt resources to subsidize composting efforts

identify map and share compost locations and resources

7%

positive reinforcement for clean curbside containers

2%

incentivize training for sorting

4%

compost quality standards and testing for regional farmers/composters

12%

28%

tax incentives for landscapers & top soil producers to bring in compost

talk to engineers abt lg site construct projects

5%

Requiring large food waste producers to compost was the top POLICY priority for attendees .

Identify policy buckets for waste strategy with resources (& teeth) for waste strategy

15%

rewrite def. of litter

2%

required composting for state agencies like USDA, IDOT, IPASS, municipal constuction permit

13%

call IIEC/IEPA re: changing definition of 'yard waste' to include all organics

7%

33%

new state law requiring all business that produce more than X lbs of waste/yr to use a composting service

18%

pilots for public DSS households for curbside compost collections

review permitting to support decentralized infrastructure growth- processing and hauling.

13%

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