Would you allow your body to be composted after death? There are a lot of good reasons for taking this approach. Morticians in densely populated cities and small towns are beginning to realize this is a better way to go.
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Category: Legislation
Zero Waste Food Act of 2021
Thanks to David P. Hott from NCRA Board of Directors for this information:
Newly introduced in Congress, the Zero Food Waste Act would establish local programs in communities like ours that invest in preventing food waste and keeping it out of landfills. Food is too valuable to waste, and we need to take action now. Join me and World Wildlife Fund, and ask your member of Congress to cosponsor the Zero Waste Food Act.
The Zero Waste Food Act of 2021 achieves at least these goals:
- gets food into the hands of the food insecure
- gets compostable organics out of landfills, thereby reducing methane
Federal Proposal – Compost Act 2021
Sophia Jones and Brenda Platt of Institute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR) recently wrote about a new proposal for a federal policy on composting.
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