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State environmental officials in Vermont say that, since composting was mandated last summer, food waste heading into landfills is plummeting and services that haul scraps are surging.
“We have seen people are composting,” said Josh Kelly of the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. “And in increasing numbers.” Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Quarter over quarter, food waste tonnage diverted from landfills has been skyrocketing, Kelly said, especially since the state ban became official in July 2020.
Kelly cited 40% and 100% increases in volumes of food waste diverted during the most recent quarters, though he noted those high numbers could be attributable in part to the newness of the universal composting policy. Additionally, restaurants and schools have seen less waste during the pandemic, he pointed out.
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State environmental officials in Vermont say that, since composting was mandated last summer, food waste heading into landfills is plummeting and services that haul scraps are surging.
“We have seen people are composting,” said Josh Kelly of the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. “And in increasing numbers.”
Download our mobile app for iOS to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Quarter over quarter, food waste tonnage diverted from landfills has been skyrocketing, Kelly said, especially since the state ban became official in July 2020.
Kelly cited 40% and 100% increases in volumes of food waste diverted during the most recent quarters, though he noted those high numbers could be attributable in part to the newness of the universal composting policy. Additionally, restaurants and schools have seen less waste during the pandemic, he pointed out.
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BRATTLEBORO â The state of Vermont recently fined Commonwealth Dairy $25,000 for wastewater pretreatment discharge permit violations, but Brattleboro officials say the violations did not affect the townâs treatment plant on Riverside Drive.
According to information from the Agency of Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation, DEC personnel visited the yogurt plant in 2017 and 2018 and observed a number of violation, including improper operation and maintenance, and reporting and training inadequacies. Additional violations occurred in 2019 and 2020, according to the notice from the state.
âCommonwealth has a state permit with parameters for discharging wastewater to the Brattleboro treatment facility,â said Steve Barrett, director of the Brattleboro Department of Public Works. âThey exceeded the discharge parameters of the permit, though the treatment facility was not affected by the vi