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I wrote this week’s column on composting [ed: see below], and I’ve been really pleased to see how various newspapers have picked it up. Honestly, I’ve been really surprised in the past several years about how squeamish people are about composting. Link to full article

One city solid waste management worker has tested positive for COVID-19 but pickup routes are currently unaffected Link to full article

Growing your own veggies to crating new decor for your balcony — use this time at home to hone your green thumb. CoronaLockdown Link:

Many of our parents and our grandparents did their patriotic duty during war time by growing victory gardens. Food was needed for the troops, so citizens grew as much of their own food as possible. This virus crisis is being compared to war, but there isn’t the same urgency to …

The City of Arcata encourages community members to practice zero waste while sheltering in place. Link:

Germany-based company says its technology can help lead to “a seamless recycling economy.” Link:

The Product Stewardship Institute report examines several aspects of packaging EPR programs in Canada. Link:

Comparing the current health crisis to the 1918 flu pandemic, recycling journalist Adam Minter believes the COVID-19 outbreak could cause unique challenges for U.S. waste collection. Link:

he National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA), Arlington, Virginia, says it has sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Peter Gaynor requesting that the agency establish a system to compensate the waste and recycling industry for providing services to protect public health and safety that otherwise would …

The pandemic once again highlights the hazardous conditions that sanitation workers are forced to work in. Link: