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Community composting facility starting in Brandywine Hundred
DCCI Mission
DCCI is a PFD program that aims to offer educational programs to our community, facilitate collaboration, and provide technical assistance to help reduce food waste going to Delaware landfills. We offer food waste reduction and prevention educational programs and backyard and community composting training programs. Additionally, we implement campus and community composting sites to divert source-separated food-scraps from the landfill, turning it into useable soil.
What is composting, and why should we?
Composting is the controlled process of the decomposition of organic materials. In Delaware, 25% of what we send to the landfill is organic matter. We could instead compost that material, and put those nutrients back into local soils, which will help close the loop on the local food system and improve our carbon footprint by reducing landfill methane emissions.
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Delaware code allows plastic six pack rings if they are “photodegradable, biodegradable or recyclable”. But, these rings are not recyclable. And photodegradable and biodegradable are not defined or certified, AND take YEARS to happen, all the while being dangerous to the health and life of animals, and becoming contributors of microplastics in our food chain! Maine and Canada have already banned plastic six pack rings. Truly recyclable or compostable alternatives already exist & are being used widely. SB263 would ban the use of plastic rings and wraps to hold beverage multipacks together.