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Recommendation ORG 4 — Develop a strategy to increase industrial and agricultural organics recovery.

Organics from agricultural and industrial sources (such as food processors) represent a large portion of wasted or under-utilized resources. Ecology and associated stakeholders will develop and implement a strategy to increase closed-loop recycling in the industrial and agricultural sectors. Consider the following actions as the strategy is developed and implemented:

• Develop a set of specific actions and a proposed timeline for increasing organics recovery and recycling throughout these sectors.
• Work with stakeholders to identify barriers and opportunities for increasing agricultural organics recovery.
• Develop and promote incentives to closed-loop materials management.
• Advertise success of model agricultural and industrial organic material recycling projects.

Milestone ORG A: A strategy for increasing agricultural and industrial organics recycling is being implemented.

Milestone ORG B: Effective incentives for organics recycling are identified and pursued.

Milestone ORG F: Statutory and regulatory barriers to closed-loop organics recycling are addressed.

Milestone ORG G: A beneficial use hierarchy is created for residual organic material processing and uses.

Milestone ORG H: Soil carbon sequestration using recycled organic materials has increased based on research recommendations.

Milestone ORG I: Technical assistance, research, and/or capital expense funds support the development of at least two biomass-to-energy and biomass-to-fuel and co-products "organic refinery" projects.

Links and Resources

• Agricultural Recovery and Industrial Organics Research and Demonstration Projects
• Washington State University Compost and Soil Management (Exit Ecology)

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