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This one-page information sheet from the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI), answers three frequently asked questions about compostable products: 1. What makes a bag or other product compostable? 2. Can I put compostable products in my backyard compost bin? 3. How can I be sure products are really compostable?
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The City of Houston established April 5, 2010 as the startup date for the collection of yard trimmings in compostable bags. This webpage explains the Houston program, provides a list of city-approved waste bags, as well as an explanation of how compostable bags work versus regular plastics bags.
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The City of Sunnyvale provided their 2014 guide for hosting a Zero Waste event. The packet includes requirements for food vendors, examples of compostable items they are required to use at the event, a food vendor contract, food vendor terms and conditions, and a concession operator's checklist.
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The goal of these guidelines is to identify compostable plastics associated with food scraps or yard trimmings (e.g., bags, plates, cups, cutlery, trays, and take out or food packaging) which are certified as compostable in commercial or industrial composting facilities. These guidelines should allow the public and retail consumers, material haulers, and processors to distinguish compostable from non-compostable products for proper handling of items after use.
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This City of San Francisco webpage provides residents an overview of identifying compostable foodware and provides links to related information.
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The survey was designed to gauge what municipal waste management professionals know about compostable plastics and to identify the most valuable resources to help municipal waste professionals manage compostable plastics. The survey was distributed via email to approximately 2,500 waste industry and government online listserv recipients, including regional Technical Advisory Councils, State Recycling Coordinators, the California Resource Recovery Association, the US Composting Council, and members of the Urban Sustainability Directors Network.
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Composting has many benefits—reduces waste, lowers greenhouse gas emissions, creates jobs—but at the end of the day, it’s really about one thing: soil. And if you think about it, our future is really about that same thing, our soil. Without healthy soils, we can’t grow the food we need to survive, and countless other organisms will suffer too.
This informational webpage includes a 4-step guide to preventing plastics pollution.
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This site lists Chapter 17 of the City and County of San Francisco Environment Code, the plastic checkout bag ban.
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This is an organics recycling webpage for residents in Hennepin County with information on how to use and where to find compostable bags and foodservice ware the organics bin.
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Learn about various venues, from Portland Trailblazers to the London Olympics, where end-of-life options are working and how they're helping divert waste from landfills.
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Certification and extensive non-/acceptable product lists
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Portland's new organics processor no longer accepts non-food items EXCEPT approved compostable bin liners. This webiste lists the approved lines, and has good informational "how-to" videos
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The City of Leduc is south of Edmonton, Canada. This is a Leduc City webpage that shows what is acceptable in their organics recycling cart, including a list of what is considered organic material. It also lists which compostable bags are acceptable to use in aiding the collection of organics, and lists where to purchase compostable bags.
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The first link under the Compost Tab of this CalRecycle website is the State of California's Waste Manegment Board's (Calrecycle's) contact list of compostable products vendors. The list shows which products meet ASTM 6400.
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Bioplastic Update; Sonoma County Recycling Guide states bioplastics "neither recyclable NOR compostable" and not accepted at Sonoma Compost Facility