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