Keep America Beautiful (KAB) and the U.S. Composting Council (USCC) recently announced that the organizations will join forces on efforts to increase waste reduction through composting education and activities nationwide.
Under the agreement, KAB and USCC will share educational resources and seek to identify collaborative opportunities that benefit their constituencies and the general public by promoting awareness of the important role composting plays in waste reduction, improved soil structure, improved water quality, and reduced soil erosion.
Over 30 percent of KAB’s 587 certified affiliates serve as the recycling coordinators for their communities, and 60 percent are housed within some form of local government. The organization also forges partnerships with State Recycling Organizations and other community-based organizations to host collection events, and deliver resources and programming such as America Recycles Day that strives to raise awareness and increase participation in recycling.
Over the course of 20 years , the US Composting Council has developed initiatives that promote the recycling of organic materials through composting. The Seal of Testing Assurance Program is a national compost testing and labeling program in the US designed to raise the level of professionalism of the commercial compost producer. This program further evolved in 2011 with the introduction of the Consumer Compost Use Program, which uses STA test data to create certified uses (e.g., lawns, gardens, planting trees, etc.) for compost products based on established parameters.
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