What are We Doing to Solve This Issue?
We are trying to pass a bill that will allow the Iowa DNR to perform audits at
restaurants that will determine whether having restaurants compost and landfills
create composting stations will be worth it. If the legislation passes, and the
Iowa DNR believes that it will be a worthy endeavor, then restaurants will seperate
and compost their food waste, and landfills will pick up the compost and sell it,
allowing for jobs to be created, money to be made, and a healthier environment.
restaurants that will determine whether having restaurants compost and landfills
create composting stations will be worth it. If the legislation passes, and the
Iowa DNR believes that it will be a worthy endeavor, then restaurants will seperate
and compost their food waste, and landfills will pick up the compost and sell it,
allowing for jobs to be created, money to be made, and a healthier environment.
How can I Help?
What can you do?
Encourage legislators to support changes in the Iowa Administrative Code
chapters pertaining to solid waste permits. Current state permit allows landfills to
except only 50 tons of food waste per week. In our state, only one city, Dubuque, has
a food waste curbside recycling program.
Representative Jeff Kaufmann
[email protected]
Representative David Jacoby
[email protected]
Representative Nathan Willems
[email protected]
Senator Robert Dvorsky
[email protected]
State Senator James Hahn
[email protected]
State Senator Joe Bolkcom
[email protected]
Encourage legislators to support changes in the Iowa Administrative Code
chapters pertaining to solid waste permits. Current state permit allows landfills to
except only 50 tons of food waste per week. In our state, only one city, Dubuque, has
a food waste curbside recycling program.
Representative Jeff Kaufmann
[email protected]
Representative David Jacoby
[email protected]
Representative Nathan Willems
[email protected]
Senator Robert Dvorsky
[email protected]
State Senator James Hahn
[email protected]
State Senator Joe Bolkcom
[email protected]