Vermont Eco-Sanitation Coalition

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On Thursday, October 26th, members of the Vermont Ecological Sanitation Coalition joined CAV for a conversation about the environmental and societal benefits of ecological sanitation for Vermont, the safety of humanure composting, and current regulatory options.

We addressed misconceptions about compost toilet systems, shared some best practices, and discussed the possibility of CAV developing training for successfully using these systems.

  • 0:00 Introduction to the session and guests

  • 3:23 What is the Vermont Ecological Sanitation Coalition & why does it exist

  • 6:45 What are compost toilet systems

  • 17:59 Discussion about misconceptions, research, and testing

  • 37:18 General discussion

Here are some of the links shared during our conversation:

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The Ecological Sanitation Coalition is having a coalition-building meeting on Monday, November 13th, at 9am. If you are interested in joining in (or just staying up-to-date with educational events about compost toilet systems), register for free here.

Depackager Stakeholder Group topics

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Scheduled for Thursday, September 22, from noon-1pm. Register (for free) to get the Zoom link.

Act 170 (passed by the VT Legislature in 2022) required ANR to establish a collaborative stakeholder process to make recommendations on the proper management of packaged organic materials, including:

  1. Recommendations on whether the organics management hierarchy in the Universal Recycling Law (Act 148 10 V.S.A. § 6605k) should apply to each generator of organic waste;

  2. Whether the Agency of Natural Resources should modify its existing policy surrounding the source separation of organic wastes; and

  3. Any recommendations on the proper use of depackagers in the management of organic waste.

Although CAV is not a formal member of this group, the meetings are open for participation from other stakeholders and the public at-large. In this month's Compost Conversation we will be seeking input on the three topics above, so CAV can more broadly represent this community at the Stakeholder meetings.

This pdf provides some background on this topic and a number of “starter” questions that we’ll be considering during this meeting.

PFAS and how these "forever chemicals" impact the composting industry

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Recording from August 25, 2022

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Links to resources gathered for CAV’s Compost Conversation about PFAS and the composting industry (Resources updated on September 8, 2022):