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Beyond Waste

Increasing Recycling for Organic Materials

Meeting the objectives of the following recommendations will help the Organic Materials Initiative meet its 30-year goals. The milestones will measure progress over the next five years.

Introduction


Today's Reality and Goals


Recommendations and Five Year Milestones:

ORG 1 Lead by example in government.
ORG 2 Increase residential and commercial organics recovery programs.
ORG 3 Improve quality of recycled organic products.
ORG 4 Develop a strategy to increase industrial and agricultural organics recovery.
ORG 5 Propose solutions to statutory and regulatory barriers.
ORG 6 Develop new products and technologies for organic residuals.