The draft rule exempts compost products from new risk-based limitations. See the whole story in Composting News . Pennsylvania looks to strengthen its ban on yard waste disposal. Find out more .
Educators question proposed national composting certification curriculum.
Read Composting News to get full details. Composters might find this to be a good opportunity to push the utilization of compost to create healthy watersheds. While Dow Cargill plans a new plant to produce degradable polymers, another company has patented a process to create degardable packaging products from coconut coir. The US EPA has proposed a dioxin limit of 300 parts per trillion in biosolids. The EPA web site has been shut down, but you can see the new dioxin proposal by clicking here.