by Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition | Jun 25, 2020 | Commercial Composting Programs, Member Accomplishments, Municipalities & Counties, Residential Composting Service, Service Providers, Sustaining Members, Waste Reduction, We Compost Program
Collective Resource Compost began when Founder/Owner Erlene Howard became interested in composting but couldn’t find a good place to do it at her condo, with no outdoor space and no desire to have worms as roommates, especially since eating pineapple kills them....
by Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition | May 15, 2020 | Backyard Composting, Benefits of Compost, Education and Outreach, Member Accomplishments, Waste Reduction
The Illinois Food Scrap Coalition serves to integrate the diversity of the composting network by connecting the public to what composting is and the many resources that are available to us. Commercial composting businesses offer services to any place that produces...
by Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition | Dec 20, 2019 | Case Studies, Institutions & Organizations, Member Accomplishments, Universities & Schools, We Compost Program
We Compost is a free recognition program administered by the Illinois Food Scrap Coalition that promotes businesses and institutions that participate in a composting program. The purpose of the program is to highlight entities that compost their food scraps. In the...
by Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition | Nov 19, 2019 | Education and Outreach, Events, Member Accomplishments, Municipalities & Counties
Forty percent of all food in the United States is wasted every year. To address this crucial issue, the Village of Oak Park issued a proclamation declaring November 3-9, 2019 “Food Waste Awareness Week.” Throughout the week, the Interfaith Green Network,...
by Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition | Apr 24, 2017 | Case Studies, Events, Member Accomplishments, Municipalities & Counties, Waste Reduction
Our thanks to IFSC member Michelle Gibson of the DeKalb County Health Department for sharing this success story and writing this blog post! Illinois is the largest producer of pumpkins in the United States. Every year Sycamore, Illinois hosts their annual Pumpkin...
by Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition | Mar 10, 2017 | Case Studies, Community Gardens, Education and Outreach, Events, Member Accomplishments, Vermicomposting
The mission of the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) of Chicago, IL is to organize with the community to accomplish environmental justice in Little Village and achieve the self-determination of immigrant, low-income, and working-class families....
