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.