Report: Greater Chicagoland Compost Summit

Municipal collection

"Bins for All!" "Just like rain barrel program, compost program tumblers/vermi compost" "Municipal Compost Pickup" “Waste haulers accepting/offering compost service” "Community Composting in every Neighborhood. w/$ for Stewards" "Adding nutrients to vacant spaces w/ passive composting Neighborhood collection points where can drop off waste for free" "Decentralized household composting through community gardens and urban farms↑" "Partner with Forest Preserves or Park districts to obtain land for community composting efforts." "Food Leaf + Livestock waste being composted & Compost Collectives for communities/large buildings" "Compost directory tailored to community" “self-contained backyard bin installation by the city” "Small activated static pile community efforts like in Brooklyn, NY." "Affordable composting options for renters (current pick-up options are nice, but)" “shouldn't have to pay to do right thing”

Community composting

Other

A PPROPRIATE T ECHNOLOGY

“AI sorting at end facility” "Technologies to address contamination and sorting"

Sorting

Production/collection bin design

"A good design of a compost bin – ratproof exists was installed at 4 gardens." "Better rat-proof trash cans (reduce rat activity)" "Consistent bins & signage for city facilities (and $$ to purchase in the first place)" "Mice / Rat Proof Systems"

New types of facilities

"Use of AD for large scale urban anaerobic digestion" "Biodigesters for waste collection to convert to energy" "Compostable forks, plastic, Special compost facility"

Processing

Scales & Methods of Compost Home "Streamline methods to compost in homes" " Respective compost systems/scales to compost household items. Reduce-Reuse- Compost. Recycle." "Options for apartment dwellers vermicomposting" Large-scale "Industrial composting facilities, drawing on models that already exist across the country/world" "Bring technology to compost organics properly.” "Embrace new technologies" "Need more large-scale producers like grocery stores to engage." "Raising landfill tipping fees. Methane tax on Private LF owners" How do you incentivize at the individual residential level when they are just trying to get food on the table?" "Wish list 1:1 compost trade in service for residential consumers. I never see, finished product." "More incentives for anaerobic digesters in Chicago" "Incentivize the creation of aerobic and anaerobic composting facilities in Chicago area, to handle our total food waste volume"

I NCENTIVES & F UNDING Incentives

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