During the fall of 2011, the IRC launched a food waste compost stakeholder dialog. This group of stakeholders includes a wide range of interests from around the state including: hotels, universities, restaurants, major retailers/grocers, local governments, solid waste management districts, the Indiana Dept of Environmental Management, the waste management industry, commercial composters and more.

In September of 2012 the IRC hosted a third Food Waste Compost Stakeholder meeting which, once again, was a draw for a wide range of interested parties.

The two main deliverables following this September 2012 meeting were to:

1) Work with SustainIndy to identify a food waste compost pilot project.

2) Facilitate communication/comments between IDEM and our food waste stakeholder group regarding food waste compost rule making.

It seems clear that these stakeholder meetings have helped inform the important work that IDEM is doing to craft rules that will be least burdensome to a wide range of compost needs (from neighborhood to commercial scale). If you would like to receive communications about future meetings please email your request to [email protected].