Specific ways respondents reported working on the priority action areas identified at the Summit. Note: Answers are organized by Priority Action Area. When a respondent indicated they were working on multiple action areas, their specific descriptions of their work were categorized in the most relevant area. EDUCATION: collaborate with universities/experts/nonprofits to create free & accessible resources • I am… in a group working towards a robust compost training curriculum. • I am … heavily involved in compost curriculum development …. • Lake and McHenry County Master Gardeners (Compost Ambassadors) visited each other's compost demonstration sites to learn from one another. A fellow Compost Ambassador and I are working on a presentation on basic composting for our annual Spring community education event. • Working on demonstration sites and educational materials • Designing and running vermicomposting classes • I am working to incorporate more composting education in my program. • Asking for more resources to help implement composting education. • planning educational opportunities …. ; continuing to compost on individual and small group level EDUCATION: (create a) hands-on train the trainer model • Compiling a hands-on manual for compost site participants. • Asking for more resources to help implement composting education. • We mandated compost training for participants at our community garden … . EDUCATION: teach those who write hauling contract about what should be included • I did a comprehensive review of current Kane Co. waste contracts that included reviewing language for inclusion of food scraps mixed in with yard waste for curbside collection and composting. Future activities will include drafting model RFP/bid and contract language regarding composting. EDUCATION: top down: reach out to principal/school administration • Reaching out to local middle and high-school partners for participation in our compost workshops INFRASTRUCTURE: (create/revise) compost quality standards and testing for regional farmers/composters • Also working on testing standards to understand which are the most critical for urban farmers to utilize and understand. • compost testing/use research INFRASTRUCTURE: broaden to other big actors like ComEd, waste haulers • We are working to ensure that an emphasis on composting be revitalized here at the Illinois Tech Campus. We are working to get our digester back up and running as well as looking to work with partners in our area to create and compost drop off point for the Bronzeville area. POLICY: pilots for public DSS households for curbside compost collections • As a member of Chicago Recycling Coalition, we advocate and advise DSS • I have been bugging DSS and my alderman since August to get the food waste sites up and running. Not the only one but every bit needed! • continue to push for the city of Chicago to adopt a municipal composting program served by private compost haulers. POLICY: Identify policy buckets for waste strategy with resources (& teeth) for waste strategy POLICY: required composting for state agencies like USDA, IDOT, IPASS, municipal construction permit One respondent checked all areas and wrote “I work to facilitate food scrap and organics diversion and composting in every way, shape, and form - at home, with friends, through my Go Green Winnetka non-profit, the Winnetka Environmental and Forestry Commission, the Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition, and now at the Illinois Environmental Council. I lead by example, listen, talk, teach, connect the dots, advocate, and more.” Another respondent wrote “Support policy initiatives proposed or endorsed by the IFSCC.”
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