by Illinois Food Scrap Coalition | Mar 18, 2022 | Education and Outreach, Events, IFSC 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 Coalition | Dec 25, 2021 | IFSC 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 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 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 Coalition | Oct 15, 2021 | Case Studies, Hotels & Hospitality, Member Accomplishments, Restaurants & Caterers, Sports Teams/Events, Sustaining Partners
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...
by Illinois Food Scrap Coalition | Aug 5, 2021 | Case Studies, Education and Outreach, Events, Vermicomposting
IFSC is always pleased to learn about students from Illinois colleges and universities working on campus composting projects. This project from the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is somewhat unique in that it isn’t specifically focused on...
by Illinois Food Scrap Coalition | Jun 4, 2021 | Case Studies, Commercial Composting Programs, Hotels & Hospitality, Member Accomplishments, Sports Teams/Events, Sustaining Partners
Recycle Track Systems, Inc. (RTS) is a Gold Sustaining Partner of IFSC, and actively participates on the IFSC communications committee. RTS serves a variety of industry sectors and combines digital solutions with high-touch service to make waste disposal easier,...
by Illinois Food Scrap Coalition | May 7, 2021 | Backyard Composting, Commercial Composting Programs, Community Drop-off Programs, Curbside Composting, Education and Outreach
Click HERE for a PDF of this PSA Dear Organics Diversion Partner, We are writing on behalf of the Illinois Food Scrap Coalition (IFSC) and the Illinois Chapter of the US Composting Council (USCC-IL). Contamination in all recycling streams is a profound problem, and...
by Illinois Food Scrap Coalition | Apr 23, 2021 | Backyard Composting, Institutions & Organizations
By Sue Styer, Master Gardener, University of Illinois Extension Did you know that composting help is only a phone call or email away? As a Master Gardener for the University of Illinois Extension, volunteers like me love to answer your most vexing compost questions....
by Illinois Food Scrap Coalition | Apr 1, 2021 | Community Drop-off Programs, Education and Outreach, Events
The University of Illinois Extension Cook County and The Plant Chicago have a goal to divert 5 tons of compostable material at their Earth Week Community Compost Collection on Saturday, April 24th from 9 am to 2 pm. Households are invited to drop off yard, garden, and...
