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Five-year Milestones: What we will achieve

The following are milestones for the first five years of the Organic Materials Initiative:

• State government and other large institutions use the organics recycling project at Ecology’s headquarters in Lacey as a model.
• Best management practices for organics recycling at institutions are in use and at least six organics recycling programs are operating in large institutions and government agencies.
• Home composting programs are active and successful in every county.
• Closed-loop organics recycling goals and actions have been incorporated into several local-jurisdiction solid waste management plans.
• Effective incentives for encouraging organics closed-loop recycling have been identified and pursued.
• Performance-based product labeling requirements are in place for organic products that are sold or given away.
• Most people throughout the state are aware of the ongoing “healthy soils” program, and a significant percentage of the people understand the benefits of healthy soils.
• One or more pilot projects using biomass energy technology are in operation to demonstrate the efficacy of capturing energy from organics.
• Implementation of an agreed upon strategy for increasing agricultural and industrial organics recycling is under way.
• A plan to address statutory and regulatory barriers to closed-loop organics recycling is widely supported.

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