New Resource Hub– Built by Educators, For Educators

Submitted by IFSCC Administrator, Amy Bartucci The Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition has some exciting news for teachers (and students!). We are joining others across the country as a supporting organization of Subject to Climate to help build compost and...

Debunking the Myth: Food Scrap Dehydrators Are Not Composters

Submitted by IFSCC Sustaining Members Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) Education Coordinator, Theresa Greinig, and Seven Generations Ahead Sustainability Program Associate, Caroline French In the growing push toward sustainability and waste...

Fall Cover Matters: The Case for Compost

Submitted by IFSCC Sustaining Members Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) Education Coordinator, Theresa Greinig, and Seven Generations Ahead Sustainability Program Associate, Caroline French Often, we think of using compost in our self-managed green...

IFSCC Platinum Sustaining Members Help Tell Our Story

Submitted by Amy Bartucci, IFSCC Administrator I am excited to share what IFSCC Platinum Sustaining Members are saying about our myriad compost collaborations in Illinois. On a personal level, I know that the work I do as IFSCC Administrator is dependent on folks like...

Diving Deep into Illinois County-Level Waste Management Plans: Unearthing Food Waste Reduction and Composting Opportunities

Submitted by Caroline French, Sustainability Program Coordinator at IFSCC Gold Sustaining Member Seven Generations Ahead & Member of IFSCC Education Committee and Young Professionals Group Waste management is a hot topic these days, and for good reason! As we...

Large Event Recycling + Composting: Coming to a Venue Near You!

Thanks goes out to Marley Finnegan, IFSCC Education Committee Member and Founder of Events of Purpose, for this blog submission. Additionally, IFSCC appreciates the resources and follow up opportunities provided by IFSCC partners in the Large Event Facilities Act...

Transforming food waste into energy, jobs, food, and healthy communities

Over the last few years, the IFSCC Policy Committee of the Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition (IFSCC) has been scheduling tours at various compost facilities and locations in Illinois. Thank you, IFSCC Policy Co-Chair Liz Kunkle, for this recent tour...

Meet the 2025 Candidates: IFSCC’s Board of Directors

IFSCC’s Board of Directors Election is this May. We’re sharing responses from both incumbent and incoming board candidates interested in joining the Board of Directors. The Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition continues to create an environment in Illinois...

The Soil is a Great Connector

Soil Health Week 2025 with the Illinois Stewardship Alliance was soil-riffic! The Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition (IFSCC) participated in multiple events that gathered folks from throughout Illinois virtually and in-person to learn why soil should be...