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THE STATE OF COMPOSTING IN ILLINOIS

THE STATE OF COMPOSTING IN ILLINOIS. GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING. PROGRESS IS BEING MADE. Legislation Passed / Regulations In Place. Provides a definition for food scrap Eliminates local siting approval for facilities under 30,000 yd 3 onetime capacity.

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THE STATE OF COMPOSTING IN ILLINOIS

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  1. THE STATE OF COMPOSTINGIN ILLINOIS

  2. GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING PROGRESS IS BEING MADE

  3. Legislation Passed / Regulations In Place • Provides a definition for food scrap • Eliminates local siting approval for facilities under 30,000 yd3 onetime capacity

  4. TYPES OF COMPOST OPERATIONS ARE EXPANDING Vermi composting Indoor composting bay Cow bedded pack composting Backyard composting • Outdoor windrows • Covered windrows • Bagged composting • In-vessel composting • Aerated static piles

  5. OUTDOOR WINDROWS

  6. COVERED WINDROWS

  7. BAGGED COMPOSTING

  8. In-VESSEL

  9. AERATED STATIC PILES

  10. VERMI COMPOSTING

  11. INDOOR BAY COMPOSTING

  12. COW BEDDING PACK COMPOSTING

  13. BACKYARD COMPOSTING

  14. SOURCES OF RAW MATERIALS ARE INCREASING • Landscape waste (the original raw material) • Livestock manures • Horse bedding • Offal • Animal mortalities • Food scrap • Distillers grains • Wood waste • Packaging, cardboard, paper

  15. INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES • ISU (LUW Team) • Pearl Valley Eggs • SIU Vermi Composting • SIU Bedded Pack Composting • Forrest Meats Offal Composting • Excel Corporation • Rare Earth Diversified Services • Midwest BioSystems • SWANCC • DCEO IL Recycling Program • DCEO Food Scrap Grant Program

  16. EDUCATION/OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES • Midwest Composting School • LUW Team Compost Workshops/Field days • University of IL-Extension SARE Grant • Websites • Manure share • Compost share • Great Lakes Water Quality Grant • Changing Manure Streams • SCARCE • Midwest BioSystems– Compost Schools

  17. WILL ILLINOIS BE A COMPOST LEADER? • In Research • In Education • In Production • In Utilization

  18. SCOPE OF RECYCLING IN ILLINOIS Permitted Compost Facilities 44 Landscape Waste 8 Organic Waste 7 On-Farm Exemptions 59 Total Facilities ?? Others

  19. ILLINOIS RANKS WHERE?? • MSW Generated 23,441,094 T:Y - 5th Largest • Landfill Capacity Available 1 bill+yd3 – 3rd Largest • MSW Composted 497,421 T:Y – 14th Most • MSW: T:Capita:Y 1.29 – 17th Most • Landfilled: Composted, 30.5:1 – 8th Most • National Average, 11.0:1

  20. BANNED FROM ILLINOIS LANDFILLS

  21. BIOSOLIDS COMPOSTING • Illinois not on the list • 44/50 states have one or more projects • 6/50 states do not

  22. HOW DOES ILLINOIS INCREASE COMPOSTING? • Increase Regulation • Ban more materials from landfill • Paper • Food Scraps • C & D Wood Waste • Decrease Regulation • More flexible permitting • A user friendly IEPA system for permitting • Increase Land filling Charge • Tipping Fee Increase Used to Fund Compost Grants • Increase Municipal/County Government Involvement

  23. THE CHALLENGE • Host a Compost Summit • Invite all Stakeholders • Composters • Recyclers • Agency Staff • Extension Specialists • Educators • Trade Associations

  24. Compost Summit • Identify What’s Working • Identify What is Not • Develop Recommendations • Charge Specific Groups Specific Tasks • Model Used for S.B. 99

  25. ILLINOIS NEEDS • More Flexibility In Facility Inspectors • Composting Basics Education • Easier Permitting Changes • More Compost Facilities • Market Development • Base Markets • Other www.findacomposter.com

  26. Horse Manure • Horse manure C:N 25:1 • Low to moderate moisture Bedding Material C:N • Sawdust 250-500 • Wheat straw 130 • Wood shaving 100-440

  27. COMPOSTING FUTURE • Food Scrap • Business is Bright • Household is Dim • Bridge Strategy to Anaerobic Digestion • Role in Mitigating Climate Change • Must Become Economically Viable

  28. “Nature does not know the concept of waste: the only species capable of making something no one desires is the human species” – Gunter Pauli QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS

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