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Expanding On-Farm Compost
A critical piece missing in Maryland’s effort to divert food waste from landfills and incinerators is the capacity to compost food scraps.
Diversion out of Landfills and Incinerators
Maryland legislation passed in 2021 requiring large food waste generators to divert away from landfills and incinerators and towards a list of zero waste strategies including composting, donating serviceable food, and using for agricultural purposes.
Clean Water Waves | In The News, March 2023
Our work to protect clean water across the country often makes the news. Clean Water Waves highlights recent articles featuring our staff speaking on their areas of activism and expertise.
Let’s Get Composting DC!
Food waste is a significant problem for the environment and for food access. Even though 40 percent of our food goes to waste, the problem of food insecurity is particularly pronounced in the District of Columbia where 13.2% of all households were food insecure from 2013 – 2015.
UPDATED 61 Groups Agree: Let's Reclaim Renewable Energy!
Today, we're testifying in the Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment committee for the Reclaim Renewable Energy Act ( SB590/ HB718) - the latest, and hopefully final, step in the years-long campaign to end "renewable energy" subsidies for trash incineration. This year, communities on the Eastern Shore and in Western Maryland are facing new, but parallel, threats from factory farm methane production and woody biomass incineration. The Reclaim Renewable Energy Act eliminates subsidies for all three, redirecting the money to the real renewable energy we need to actually clean the air and