Building a robust food scrap recycling industry in illinois
The Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition (IFSCC) is a thriving non-profit organization advancing diversion and composting of all organics in Illinois through advocacy, program implementation, market and business development, policy, and outreach.
Upcoming Events
Speaker Spotlight: Monday April 1, Noon
Learn from Patriot Acres LLC and Feed Earth Now and how a recent grant application to the USDA Fertilizer Production Expansion Program will enable them to produce the liquid free-living microbial soil nutrient Terreplenish from food scrap. They will explain the benefits to agriculture offered by Terreplenish, without using fossil-fuel based chemicals, and a recent process developed by Easy Energy Systems to beneficially produce it at compost facilities.
Email illinoiscomposts@gmail.com for link to join.
Composting Pick-Up Services
Find haulers to pick up your food scraps
Buy Compost
Learn where to buy this healthy soil amendment
Composting Facilities
Explore an interactive map of compost sites
Restaurant + Municipality Toolkits
Learn how to start a compost program
2024 General Body Meetings
Composting Policy
IFSCC supports policies that advance diversion and composting of all organics in Illinois. Click on the link below to see a list of all introduced, enacted or pending legislation relating to the diversion and/or composting of food scraps and all organics in the state.
Request IFSCC Resources
IFSCC Blog
Read about IFSCC member events, accomplishments, programs, services and opportunities.
Be Loyal to the Soil!
"Compost is the answer." This was the gist of a beautiful afternoon during Soil Health Week (March 4 - 10) with the Illinois Stewardship Alliance. Fremont Township Garden volunteers and community members throughout the region gathered with the Illinois Food Scrap...
Compost Industry Tours with the IFSCC: Whole Earth Compost and Teegen Compost Services
The IFSCC Policy Committee recently hosted compost industry tours at IFSCC Gold Sustaining Member Whole Earth Compost and with an IFSCC organizational member, Teegen Compost Services. These tours provided helpful information about how processors make compost from our...