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Facility Issues• Odors
• Contractors operating facilities
• Equipment and equipment maintenance
• Siting issues
• Contamination of food waste
• Plastics bags used for yard waste
• Access to capital
• Regulations
• Emissions – Especially VOCs if you’re in
a nonattainment area for ozone
• Closure/financial assurance issues – Trust fund has to be fully
funded from day 1 or letter of credit
• Operator training and certification
Collection Issues
• Building density for routes
• Need for transfer station (to increase hauling efficiencies)
• Issues with leakage, fuel economy
• Truck design
Policy Issues
• State level– Grants, technical assistance,
education, streamlining permitting and regulations
• Put or pay contracts with incinerators
• Disallowing [noncompostable] plastic bags for yard waste
• Access to capital– Promote industrial revenue
bonds
• Closure/financial assurance is a huge obstacle to composters
• Education is a critically important factor
• Need yard waste bans at disposal facilities – VA wants this
• MD permitting regulations akin to 2 different road maps that do not align