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Press Release – Nelson City Council Additional climate change funding, consistent with Nelson City Council’s vision to enable our community to respond to climate change, was approved for Council’s Long Term Plan 2021-31 (LTP) at a deliberations meeting held last week. Nelson-Tasman … Additional climate change funding, consistent with Nelson City Council’s vision to enable our community to respond to climate change, was approved for Council’s Long Term Plan 2021-31 (LTP) at a deliberations meeting held last week. Nelson-Tasman Climate Forum, Business for Climate Action, Community ...

Monday, 24 May 2021, 4:37 pm Additional climate change funding, consistent with Nelson City Council's vision to enable our community to respond to climate change, was approved for Council's Long Term Plan 2021-31 (LTP) at a deliberations meeting held last week. Nelson-Tasman Climate Forum, Business for Climate Action, Community Compost, and Tasman Environment Trust are all in line for funding after submitting to the LTP. After Nelson Tasman Climate Forum requested financial support from Council, councillors approved $100,000 of funding allocated in each of the first three years of the LTP. E...

USDA Announces Cooperative Agreements for Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction Written by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Prev USDA Announces Cooperative Agreements for Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the availability of up to $2 million for local governments to host Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction (CCFWR) pilot projects. The cooperative agreements support projects that develop and test strategies for planning and implementing municipal compost plans and food waste reduction plans, and they are part of USDA�...

Reply May 9, 2021 Subscribe SWALCO received a USDA grant for a pilot community compost project. Activities include conducting a compost-to-farmland demonstration study, engaging community gardeners through education and outreach, and reducing and diverting food waste from landfills. Food is the single largest material in our US landfills, and 40 percent of all food produced for consumption goes uneaten. We are hopeful that efforts like these will help combat the great challenges facing our environment and us, today. "Lake County is leading the way in developing opportunities to effectively ...

She said that number, extrapolated out to a city-wide collection scheme, was “a game changer”. “Initial results for the trial show it would divert 3000 tonnes of food waste to landfill per year … and prevent production of 2850 tonnes of methane and approximately 1500 tonnes of carbon dioxide.” Organic waste produces methane when it degrades in an anaerobic environment like a landfill, a gas which Parfitt said was “at least 16 times more damaging than carbon dioxide”. When composted properly, food waste does not produce methane – the microbes which produce methane are not ...