BioSphere Plastic will begin verifying each compost facility and the temperatures that are currently being used at the compost facilities. Below is a list of the compost facilities. We will begin transcribing our conversation with each compost facility and will be posting them here on our website for your review. Currently there are 108 compost facilities that are said by BPI that can break down PLA. We are skeptical of these numbers, so we are beginning our research into validating each compost facility.
Currently, 80 Landfills under Waste Management and 594 landfills in the US capture methane gas, utilize the gas and reduce the carbon footprint. See our previous blog post regarding Waste Management Landfill to Energy projects.
BioSphere has found 3 compost facilities that accept PLA plastics.
FTC Green Guides Part C Compostable
Compostable
It is deceptive to misrepresent, directly or by implication, that a product or package is compostable. A claim that a product or package is compostable should be substantiated by competent and reliable scientific evidence that all the materials in the product or package will break down into, or otherwise become part of, usable compost (e.g., soil-conditioning material, mulch) in a safe and timely manner in an appropriate composting program or facility, or in a home compost pile or device. Claims of compostability should be qualified to the extent necessary to avoid consumer deception. An unqualified claim may be deceptive if: (1) the package cannot be safely composted in a home compost pile or device; or (2) the claim misleads consumers about the environmental benefit provided when the product is disposed of in a landfill. A claim that a product is compostable in a municipal or institutional composting facility may need to be qualified to the extent necessary to avoid deception about the limited availability of such composting facilities.
Example 4:
A nationally marketed lawn and leaf bag is labeled “compostable.” Also printed on the bag is a disclosure that the bag is not designed for use in home compost piles. The bags are in fact composted in yard trimmings composting programs in many communities around the country, but such programs are not available to a substantial majority of consumers or communities where the bag is sold. The claim is deceptive because reasonable consumers living in areas not served by yard trimmings programs may understand the reference to mean that composting facilities accepting the bags are available in their area. To avoid deception, the claim should be qualified to indicate the limited availability of such programs, for example, by stating, “Appropriate facilities may not exist in your area.” Other examples of adequate qualification of the claim include providing the approximate percentage of communities or the population for which such programs are available.
CALIFORNIA
Agromin Organics Recycling (1)
805-650-1616
Ventura, CA
Do you accept corn based plastics? No, no plastic sir, No No corn based plastic,I don’t know what that is but I can check but no, how about is your compost at or above 140 degrees, yes, but you would need to take the corn based product to the Del Norte Landfill.
California Biomass (2)
909-875-6441
Thermal, CA
No Longer exists
California Biomass (3)
909-875-6445
Victorville, CA
No Longer Exists
City of Bakersfield (4)
661-326-3109
Bakersfield, CA
Kevin was extremely nice and pointed us to compost facilities that maybe could accept the Corn Based plastics, during certain fairs in bakersfield they use corn based plastics and he turns them to compost, but on a commercial scale they really are not in the business to do this and if they did he would have to charge a fee.
City of Modesto (5)
209-577-5494
Modesto, CA
Nathan is the supervisor for the city composting facility and he told us that there isn’t a way to break down PLA he has tried, he said he may be able to take them, but he would need a certification to make sure if he burned them it wouldn’t be toxic. He was going to burn them with the wood debris.
Cold Creek Composting Facility (6)
707-485-5966
Redwood Valley, CA
Community Recycling & Resource
Recovery (7)
661-845-4056
Lamont, CA
Gilton Resource Center (8)
209-527-3781
Modesto, CA
Grover Landscaping (9)
209-545-4401
Modesto, CA
Directed us to Recology, they do not compost. Recology directed us to the District Manager, a 45 minute phone call lead to the fact that corn based plastics are not there yet and the reality of it is, is that in California we have regulations by the state to keep our facilities at 140 degrees and turn them 5 times, we then have to sell the compost in 90 days or we lose money. If we have a static compost for corn based plastics, it would not matter we would lose money. I am going to find out what we can do to help you, but do not get your hopes up.
Jepson Prairie Compost Facility (10)
707-693-2109
Vacaville, CA
OMRI which is Organic Materials refuses to let composters in California sell compost when PLA has been composted with regular compost, Jepson Prairie does not compost PLA plastic unless you ship 2/3rd’s food waste with the PLA and even then they may remove the PLA and send it to the landfill.
Kochergan Farms (11)
559-277-8068
Fresno, CA
Miramar Greenery (12)
858-573-1284
San Diego, CA
Napa Garbage Service Material Diversion
Facility (13)
707-255-5200
Napa, CA
Newby Island Compost Facility (14)
408-945-2801
Milpitas, CA
Pacheco Pass Landfill (15)
707-693-2109
Vacaville, CA
San Joaquin Composting (16)
661-391-5848
Bakersfield, CA
Santa Cruz County Food Material
Compost Project (17)
831-454-2160
Santa Cruz, CA
Sonoma Compost Company (18)
707-664-9113
Petaluma, CA
Tulare County Compost (19)
559-686-1622
Tulare, CA
Z-Best Composting (20)
408-846-1573
San Jose, CA
NEVADA
A-1 Organics, Nevada (21)
702-853-9530
Las Vegas, NV
West Wendover (22)
775-664-2593
West Wendover, NV
ALASKA
Gustavus Landfill (1)
907-697-2118
Gustavus, AK
MONTANA
West Yellowstone MSW (2)
406-646-9301
West Yellowstone, MT
OREGON
Columbia Ridge Landfill and Recycling
Center Composting Facility (3)
541-454-3307
Arlington, OR
Nature’s Needs, A Division of East
County Recycling (4)
503-253-0867
Portland, OR
Rexius Forest By Products (5)
541-342-1835
Eugene, OR
WASHINGTON
Cedar Grove Composting – Everett (6)
425-432-2395
Seattle, WA
Cedar Grove Composting – Maple Valley
(7)
425-432-2395
Seattle, WA
The Compost Factory (8)
253-875-2104
Puyallup, WA
MAINE
Bartlett Farm Services (1)
207-439-3083
Eliot, ME
Beltie Inc. (Winter Wood Farm) (2)
207-499-7886
Lyman, ME
Benson Farm Earth Products (3)
207-892-6446
Gorham, ME
Doug Gott & Sons (4)
207-244-7461
Southwest Harbor, ME
EMR Inc. (5)
207-244-4347
Southwest Harbor, ME
Hawk Ridge (6)
800-933-6474
Unity, ME
King Hill Farm (7)
207-326-9701
Penobscot, ME
Maine’s Best Compost Paul Prosser (8)
207-725-5753
Harpswell, ME
KANSAS
Industrial Pallet and Lumber Reclamation (1)
316-838-7211
Wichita, KS
TEXAS
City of Plano Solid Waste (2)
972-769-4199
Plano, TX
City of Wichita Falls (3)
940-761-7977
Wichita Falls, TX
J-V Dirt (4)
512-927-1977
Austin, TX
Nature’s Way Resources (5)
936-273-1200
Conroe, TX
Texas Organics Products (6)
210-483-1931
Austin, TX
ILLINOIS
LHF Compost (1)
309-697-0963
Peoria, IL
IOWA
Chamness Technology (2)
515-325-6133
Blairsburg, IA
D&D Worm Ranch Vermicomposting (3)
319-857-4478
Swisher, IA
Lee County/Great River Regional Waste
Authority (4)
319-372-6140
Fort Madison, IA
MINNESOTA
Creekside Organic Material Processing
Center (5)
320-587-5151 x201
Hutchinson, MN
Praireland (6)
507-776-3232
Truman, MN
SKB Environmental (7)
952-946-6999
Bloomington, MN
Swift County (8)
320-843-2356
Benson, MN
Western Lake Superior Sanitary District
(8)
218-722-3336 x206
Duluth, MN
SOUTH DAKOTA
Maine’s Best Compost Paul Prosser (8)
207-725-5753
Harpswell, SD
Oswego County DSW (7)
315-591-9200
Fulton, NY
OHIO
Barnes Nursery (8)
419-433-5525, 800-421-8722
Huron, OH
PayGro (9)
937-462-8350
South Charleston, OH
PENNSYLVANIA
AgRecycle (10)
412-767-7645
Cheswick, PA
Two Particular Acres (11)
610-454-9635
Royersford, P
CONNECTICUT
New Milford Farms (Garick) (1)
860-210-0250
New Milford, CT
MARYLAND
Chesterfield Farms, LLC (2)
410-721-7206
Crownsville, MD
MICHIGAN
Mackinac Island Facility (3)
906-847-6130
Mackinac, MI
Spurt Industries
Wixom:
Phone: 616-886-0810
They bill you for the compostable plastics to dispose of them and they must be ground up which is not to the ASTM D6400-12 standard for compostable plastics.
NEW YORK
Cayuga Composting (P&S Excavating) (4)
607-387-6826
Trumansburg, NY
Guptill Farms/Toad Hollow Farms (5)
315-469-4596
Nedrow, NY
McEnroe Organic Farm (6)
518-789-3252
Millerton, NY
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Ideal Compost (1)
603-924-5050
Peterborough, NH
Keene Transfer Station (2)
603 352-5739 x2
Keene, NH
PK’s Nursery & Nature’s Soil (3)
603-598-6815
Nashua, NH
Sea Coast Farms Compost (4)
603-772-6490
Exeter, NH
Town of Peterborough (5)
603-924-8095
Peterborough, NH
VERMONT
Fierce Bad Rabbit Farm (6)
802-375-9305
Arlington, VT
Intervale Compost Products Foundation
(7)
802-660-4949
Burlington, VT
Northeast Kingdom Waste Management
District (8)
802-734-4602
Lyndonville, VT
The Highfields Institute (9)
802-472-5138
Craftsbury, VT
Vermont Compost Company (10)
802-223-6049
Montpelier, VT
Vermont Natural Ag. Products, Inc. (11)
802-388-1137
Middlebury, VT
MASSACHUSETTS
Agracomp (1)
978-779-5434
Bolton, MA
Agresource (2)
978-388-5110
Ipswich, MA
Brick Ends Farm (3)
978-468-2733
Hamilton, MA
Cover Technologies (4)
413-734-3688
Springfield, MA
Groundscapes Express (5)
508-384-7140
Wrentham, MA
Holiday Farms (6)
413-684-0444
Dalton, MA
Lorusso Compost Site (7)
508-695-3252
Plainville, MA
Marlborough Cocomposting Facility (8)
508-480-9922
Marlborough, MA
Martins Farm (9)
413-774-5631
Greenfield, MA
Scantic Farm (10)
413-566-3210
Hampden, MA
Waste Options (11)
508-228-4283
Nantucket, MA
Watts Family Farm (12)
508-477-7206
Sandwich, MA
GEORGIA
Back to the Garden (Creative Earth) (1)
706-215-8733
Athens, GA
ERTH Products (2)
770-487-6677
Peachtree City, GA
NORTH CAROLINA
Brooks Contractor (3)
919-837-5914
Goldston, NC
McGill Environmentalt (4)
919-362-1161
Harrells, NC
McGill Environmental Systems (5)
919-362-1161
Harrells, NC
TENNESSEE
Natural Resources Recovery (6)
865-927-7646
Knoxville, TN
Sevier Solid Waste Inc. (7)
865-453-5676
Sevierville, TN
VIRGINIA
Royal Oak Farm (8)
540-297-3299
Evington, VA
LOUISIANA
Natural Resources Recovery (1)
225-766-1443
Baton Rouge, LA
MISSOURI
Halphin Enterprises/Windswept Worm
Farm (2)
816-224-2956
Blue Springs, MO
Missouri Organics (3)
816-483-0908
Kansas City, MO
Route 66 Landscape Supply Center (4)
636-271-3352
Pacific , MO
ARIZONA
Pinetop/Lakeside Sanitary District (1)
928-368-5370
Lakeside, AZ
COLORADO
A-1 Organics, Platteville (2)
303-454-3492
Platteville, CO
A-1 Organics, Golden (3)
303-454-3492
Golden, CO
A-1 Organics, Keenesburg (4)
303-454-3492
Keenesburg, CO
Cacaloco Compost (5)
970-963-8381
Glenwood Springs, CO
Nature’s Cycle Organics (6)
970-302-9027
Hudson, CO
Western Disposal (7)
303-786-7983
Boulder, CO
NEW MEXICO
Soilutions, Inc. (8)
505-877-0220
Tijeras, NM
