Champaign County Group Receives Funding, Seeks Participants for Commercial Food Scrap Compost Pilot

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...

A neighborly PSA: “If it Grows, it Goes”

Dear Organics Diversion Partner, We are writing on behalf of the Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition (IFSCC). Contamination in all recycling streams is a profound problem, and we have prepared some information to help residents and contractors make informed...

Municipality Food Scrap Composting Information on the IFSC Website

If you’re wondering whether or not your municipality offers curbside commercial compost collection service for residents, or are interested in how much such a service might cost, you can find a list of “Municipalities that Compost” under...

Sustaining Partner Spotlight: St. Louis Composting

St. Louis Composting is a Silver Sustaining Partner of IFSC, and the company participates in both the IFSC social equity and market development committees. They also support the We Compost program in the southwest IL region. St. Louis Composting, which has been in...

Composting During a Pandemic: How COVID-19 is impacting Illinois food scrap composting

By Jennifer Nelson, July 13, 2020 Before coronavirus, Americans were faced with the challenge of how to handle 40.7 million tons of food waste. Several cities and states had started addressing wasted food, passing legislation and launching programs to divert millions...