FOOD COMPOSTING INFRASTRUCTURE

This fifth and final installment of BioCycle National Survey reports on food waste composting facilities in the Western states.

BIOCYCLE undertook a national survey of composting sites processing food residuals in the summer of 2008. It was decided to conduct the survey by regions, starting with New England. The states were grouped by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) regions. The first survey report ran in the August 2008 issue of BioCycle. This fifth and final report focuses on the Western region of the United States (EPA Regions 9 and 10).

The need to conduct the survey and publish the findings resulted from the surge of interest on the part of generators …