Vermont Business Magazine The Chittenden Solid Waste District / Green Mountain Compost has been awarded a grant worth $500,000 by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), an arm of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. The overall purpose of the grant award is to fund an expansion of CSWD’s Green Mountain Compost facility in Williston to include additional composting and organics transfer. The intent is to increase the facility’s food processing capacity and efficiency in keeping these materials out of the waste stream.
Funds from the grant will go toward engineering design and permitting, construction, and materials and equipment purchases. Under the terms of the grant, CSWD will secure at least a 60% match of the overall project cost and expects to complete the project by late summer, 2020.
"We are very excited about this grant from the state," said Sarah Reeves, CSWD's Executive Director. "CSWD sees great opportunity in options to manage the expected increase in landfill-diverted food scraps as we approach 2020.”
Act 148, Vermont’s Universal Recycling Law, bans food scraps from the landfill beginning July 1, 2020.
The Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD) is a municipality created by the State of Vermont to manage the solid waste generated within Chittenden County. Our primary focus is to use economically and environmentally sound methods to reduce and manage this stream.
Source: CSWD 4.23.2019