{"id":21708,"date":"2017-07-07T09:23:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T13:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/?p=21708"},"modified":"2017-07-07T09:23:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T13:23:13","slug":"vermonts-new-recycling-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/vermonts-new-recycling-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermont\u2019s New Recycling Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

The disposal of recyclables like glass, paper and plastic milk jugs \u2013 fully half the trash discarded by Vermont residents and businesses \u2013 is banned from our landfills in the new recycling law.<\/p>\n

At the same time, a lot of material is still ending up in our landfills. And one-third of this waste is comprised of organic materials like food scraps, mulch and leaves \u2013 the basic elements of compost that could provide home gardeners and commercial growers a ready source of what I like to call \u201cblack gold.\u201d<\/p>\n

Putting recycled materials to practical use is far better than putting them into a hole in the ground. And regarding these materials as resources rather than waste makes the new recycling law a giant step in the right direction.<\/p>\n

In most solid waste districts, mandatory recyclables have been banned from landfills for a while now. As a result, from 2014 to 2015, trash disposal in Chittenden County decreased by 5 percent, while recycling and composting increased by nearly 12,000 tons. From 2015 to 2016, food donations grew by nearly 40 percent. And by 2020, food scraps from all businesses and residents will be banned from disposal in landfills.<\/p>\n

When a student asked me how the new law would lower carbon dioxide emissions, I replied that if we capture just 50 percent of the recyclables now going to landfills in Vermont \u2013 or 29,00 tons per year \u2013 we would eliminate nearly 85,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, which is equivalent to taking almost 18,000 cars off the road.<\/p>\n

I told the students it won\u2019t be easy; both families and individuals will be challenged. But it\u2019s undeniable that recycling is cheaper than land-filling. And when everyone pays the real cost for the amount we choose to throw in the landfill, it\u2019s more likely we\u2019ll see the essential value of recycling.<\/p>\n

Since the future of recycling in the state will lie with young people like these students, after the talk I worked with them on the school composting operation and was given a healthy, nutritious lunch.<\/p>\n

Cathy Jamieson, solid waste program manager for Vermont\u2019s Department of Environmental Conservation, has said that \u201cafter decades of landfilling more than two-thirds of Vermont\u2019s materials, it is appropriate to shift our focus to recycling, food donations and composting.\u201d<\/p>\n

To read the full story, visit <\/em>https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2017\/07\/02\/ron-krupp-vermonts-new-recycling-law\/<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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