Ron Krupp: The art and science of backyard composting
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Ron Krupp, who is the author of “The Woodchuck Returns to Gardening.” It originally aired on Vermont Public Radio. Friend and fellow gardener Fred Schmidt and I...
View ArticleTips for safe composting in bear country
News Release — Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department July 12, 2018 Media Contacts: Forrest Hammond 802-885-8832 Josh Kelly 802-522-5897 Safe Composting in Bear Country Even suburban residents should...
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Brattleboro leads state in residential recycling
Trash and recyclables are collected by the town’s contractor, Triple T Trucking, in Brattleboro. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer This story by Chris Mays was published by the...
View ArticleVermont Agency of Natural Resources offers composting grants
News Release — Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Sept. 5, 2018 Media Contact: Josh Kelly (802) 522-5897 josh.kelly@vermont.gov State Offers Nearly $1 Million in Grants to Improve Composting Capacity...
View ArticleCentral Vermont Solid Waste Management Department to equip Tunbridge World’s...
News Release — Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District Sept. 7, 2018 Contact: Cassandra Hemenway 802-229-9383 x102 cvswmd.org cassandrah@cvswmd.org Composting & Recycling at the Tunbridge...
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State suggests scrapping residential compost collection requirement
Hands holding composted earth. Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation is recommending the Legislature change the state’s recycling laws so that commercial haulers will not have to pick up...
View ArticleVermont Agency of Natural Resources announces correctional facilities’...
News Release — Vermont Agency of Natural Resources May 13, 2019 Contact: Mia Roethlein 802-522-5926 mia.roethlein@vermont.gov Correctional Facilities Keep 572,000 Pounds of Food Out of Landfill Each...
View ArticleThe third annual Highfields compost cabaret and silent auction
For immediate release Mar. 12, 2012 Contact Fletcher Dean 456-8924 When: Saturday, March 24, 2012, 6:30-10:00 PM Where: Old Labor Hall, Barre, VT An evening of steaming hot entertainment with music and...
View ArticleRural communities composting to take root in Vermont
PRESS RELEASE June 19, 2012 Contact: Noah Fishman Project Manager, Close the Loop VT! Highfields Center for Composting 802 472 5138 x207 Noah@HighfieldsComposting.org Hardwick, VT – The Highfields...
View ArticleResidential composting pilot coming to central Vermont
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 25, 2012 Contact: Cassandra Brush Phone: (802) 229-9383 x 102 The Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District received a $20,000 grant from the Attorney General’s office...
View ArticleMarkowitz: Let’s make this a zero-waste Thanksgiving
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Deb Markowitz, the secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources. I love Thanksgiving because our kitchen fills with good smells, lots of cooking commotion and laughter....
View ArticleWinter webinars and workshops: “Extreme Home Composting” taught by Highfields...
News Release — Highfields Center for Composting January 15, 2014 Contact: Kim Mercer, Communications Manager (802) 274-3043 / kim@highfieldscomposting.org Vermont—This winter, Vermonters will have a...
View ArticleHighfields Center for Composting celebrates International Compost Awareness Week
News Release — Highfields Composting April 17, 2014 Contact: Kim Mercer, Communications Manager Phone – (802) 472-5138 ext. 205 / (802) 274-3043 Email – kim@highfieldscomposting.org Offering Webinars,...
View ArticleWayside Restaurant cooks up Earth Day event
News Release — Wayside Restaurant April 9, 2015 Contact: Brian Zechinelli, owner, Wayside (802) 223-6611 or waysidevt@aol.com Carl Witke, Operations Manager, CVSWMD 802-229-9383 x105, carlw@cvswmd.org...
View ArticleUVM Courses Partner with Waste Haulers to Implement Universal Recycling Law
News Release — UVM June 27, 2016 Contact: Anju Krivov anju.krivov@uvm.edu Burlington, Vermont, 5/01/16–Joe Sinagra, Sustainability Director for Myers Containers, Waste & Recycle Management,...
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Plastic bag ban, food scraps mandate go in effect Wednesday
A shopping cart filled with plastic bags, which will be banned in Vermont starting Wednesday. Photo by Keng Susumpow/Flickr Laws that ban plastic bags and prohibit Vermonters from throwing food scraps...
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Ban causes surge in food scrap collection for NEK composters, haulers
Eric Paris stands in front of a compost pile at Kingdom View Compost, which he owns. The Lyndon composting facility accepts food scraps, and Paris says more have come in since the July 1 ban on...
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In isolated Canaan, town officials defy the state’s food scrap rules
A sign at the transfer station in Canaan tells visitors how to dump their trash. Justin Trombly/VTDigger Officials of Canaan, a town tucked in the northeasternmost corner of Essex County near the...
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Should Vermonters throw turkey scraps in the backyard compost?
Before properly disposing the turkey carcass, boil it up for soup stock. Photo by Cate Chant/VTDigger The Universal Recycling Law says Vermonters should compost food scraps to keep them out of the...
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Bill would allow composting of human remains
Rep. Carolyn Partridge. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger A bill in the Vermont House would allow for a new alternative to cremation or burial — converting human remains into compost. Rep. Carolyn...
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Chittenden Solid Waste District plans new $22 million Williston recycling...
Chittenden Solid Waste District workers at the container sorting line in the recycling facility in Williston, identifying and pulling out specific types of materials and pitching it into the...
View ArticleGrace Oedel: Universal Recycling Law’s goals were not plastic pollution and...
This commentary is by Grace Oedel of Burlington, executive director of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont. It was Vermonters’ ethic of care for both land and people that motivated...
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Vermont is not meeting its goal of recycling and composting half its waste
Employees of Casella Waste Systems sort plastic recyclables at the Chittenden Solid Waste District's "material recovery facility." File photo by Elizabeth Gribkoff/VTDigger Vermont is still not...
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