by Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition | Mar 18, 2022 | Education and Outreach, Events, IFSCC News, Policy
The Illinois Food Scrap Coalition (IFSC) Policy Committee would like to share the following time sensitive information with all IFSC members: SR706 was introduced by Senator Laura Fine in January of this year. It recognizes the various benefits of composting and...
by Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition | Dec 25, 2021 | IFSCC News
By Liz Kunkle, IFSC Policy Committee Co-chair I. INTRODUCTION Recognizing the urgent need to protect natural resources and minimize activities contributing to climate change, the State of Illinois, the Chicagoland Region, and the City of Chicago undertook recent...
by Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition | Dec 8, 2021 | Commercial Composting Programs, Grocery Stores & Farmers Markets, Member Accomplishments, Municipalities & Counties, Restaurants & Caterers
This fall, the Champaign County Environmental Stewards (CCES) received a ‘Land, Health, Community’ Lumpkin Family Foundation Grant to help launch a commercial food scrap compost pilot project at the Landscape Recycling Center (LRC) in Urbana, IL. This...
by Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition | Nov 5, 2021 | Education and Outreach, Food Donation
By Julie Schilf U.S. EPA’s Excess Food Opportunities Map is a national resource that builds upon existing state work and other EPA products to support and facilitate the connection between potential sources and potential recipients- or users- of excess food, so we can...
by Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition | Oct 15, 2021 | Case Studies, Hotels & Hospitality, Member Accomplishments, Restaurants & Caterers, Sports Teams/Events, Sustaining Members
SAVOR…Chicago at McCormick Place, a Platinum Sustaining Partner of IFSC, is a food service company that strives to integrate into the communities that surround it, by focusing on sharing opportunities with their neighbors while working on reducing or eliminating any...
