Contact Us: illinoiscomposts@gmail.com
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- (A Very Brief) 2018 Year in Review
- Join us at Hopcat Chicago
- IFSC 2019 members
- Upcoming Events
- Save the date! - Good Food Expo
- New USCC composting sampling videos
- National News
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Thanks to your contributions and hard work in 2018 Illinois made great progress in food scrap composting and diversion from landfills.
- 3 bills passed (HB 4790, SB 1456, HB 2606)
- Building Illinois’ Local Food Shed Through Advancing Food Scrap Composting grant renewed for its 3rd year. Funding for this work was provided by Food:Land:Opportunity, a collaboration between Kinship Foundation and The Chicago Community Trust and funded through the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.
- White paper "Analysis of the Barriers and Opportunities for the Use of Compost in Agriculture white paper completed" published demonstrating the value of compost in agriculture
- IEPA Permitted Compost Facility Map published on the website
- We Compost added 7 gold, 4 silver, 2 Green Partners and 6 Municipalities
- 8 new Residential Curbside Composting Programs in Illinois added: Batavia, Evanston, Geneva, Gurnee, Kildeer, Lake Barrington, Riverside, Round Lake Beach
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Join us at Hopcat Chicago on Thursday, January 31st for a FREE networking event
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Please join us for our first annual
IFSC Member Appreciation & Networking Event to celebrate a wonderful 2018, greet the new year, and get to know your fellow composters, haulers, business owners, community organizers, and composting advocates. We want to say thank you for your work in supporting composting in Illinois and give you an opportunity to meet and join the movers, shakers, and leaders in this active industry.
This is a zero-waste event at a gold We Compost partner (which means all food scraps will be composted)! Through the generous support of our event sponsors, appetizers and drink tickets will be provided, and attendance is free.
~The Details~
When: Thursday, January 31st, 5-8pm
Where: HopCat Chicago,
2577 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Please RSVP through the link
HERE.
See you there!
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Thank you to our 2019 members in good standing for your ongoing support!
We are eagerly awaiting the renewal of all of our other important members before the end of January! Please renew your membership or join
HERE today!
GOLD
Midwest Organics Recycling
SCARCE
SWALCO
SILVER
Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd.
Collective Resource, Inc.
Rotochopper
SWANCC
Organizations
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71 South Wacker Drive LLC
Composting Partners
Cook County Department of Environmental Control
DK Organics LLC.
Duke's Alehouse and Kitchen
Flood Brothers Disposal Co.
Hel's Kitchen Catering
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Kane County Division of Environmental Resources
Midwest Materials Management
Northern Illinois Food Bank
St. Louis Composting
Total Organics Recycling
Vegware US
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Rachel Allen
Brooke Beal
Kate Caldwell
Julie Moller
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Garrett Lapsys
Laurie Rasmus
Steven Schilling
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Joy Scrogum
David E. Smith
Mark Teegan
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Congratulations Jim Cowhey - new USCC BOD member!
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Upcoming Meetings & Events
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Committee meeting conference calls are in
GREEN.
All are invited to attend! Email the committee's chair for call-in information.
IFSC participating and member/partner events are in
PURPLE
Non IFSC events are in
BLUE
- We Compost Committee Meeting Friday, January 18th, 12 noon. Chair: Mary Beth Schaye mbschaye(at)collectiveresource(dot)us
- Social Media & Website Committee Meeting Tuesday, January 22nd, 10am. Chair: Joy Scrogum, jscrogum(at)illinois(dot)edu
- Film Screening: "Wasted! The Story of Food Waste" hosted by Green Community Connections Tuesday, January 22th, 6:30pm-1. Hosted by Green Community Connections at the Oak Park Library. Learn more and register HERE
- Market Development Committee Meeting Tuesday August 21st, 9am. Chair: Benjamin Krumstok benjamin(at)compostingpartners(dot)com & Kay McKeen kay(at)scarce(dot)org
- IFSC Member Appreciation & Networking Event Thursday, January 31st at Hopcat Chicago. RSVP HERE
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Save the date for 2019 Good Food Expo!
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The Good Food Expo, hosted by Family Farmed, brings together a collection of expert speakers, chefs, farmers, entrepreneurs, investors, buyers, sellers, DIY enthusiasts and consumers who are accelerating the rise of a better food system. Come see us there on March 22-23.
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New USCC Compost Sampling Videos and Reference Guide
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With the compost manufacturing industry growing, many recognize the importance of properly testing the compost being sold to ensure that it meets various criteria for safety and performance.
The goal of the videos is to be a visual guide that can be used as a continual reference for current and future employees tasked with getting compost samples ready to be sent to a testing lab. If compost operations take better samples by following these TMECC-based guidelines, they will obtain better sampling results which ultimately benefit the entire composting industry.
Part I: Sampling Finished Compost – The focus of this video is end process sampling, or sampling compost which has been cured and is ready for marketing to end-users. Please watch this entire video before developing and initiating your sampling plan.
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Part II: Additional Sampling Techniques – This video will provide guidance for sampling to help troubleshoot compost quality issues related to composting operations and will provide additional information on sampling for parameters that require additional preparation or specialized equipment.
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Platinum Sustaining Partner
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Illinois Food Scrap Coalition
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