NERC | Northeast Recycling Council - Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Contact: Chris Shafer, (401) 942-1430
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management requires mixed solid waste composting facilities to obtain a license through the Office of Waste Management. Leaf and yard waste, and putrescible waste composting facilities are required to register with the Office of Waste Management.
Definitions
Backyard Composting - shall mean the composting on a residential site of certain wastes generated only at the site and where the compost produced is utilized on site and is not distributed or marketed. Wastes which may be composted include leaf and yard waste, certain food wastes including fruits and vegetables, tea leaves, coffee grounds, and egg shells: hair, sawdust, manures from animals that eat only plants, and other wastes acceptable to the Department for backyard composting.
Leaf and Yard Waste Composting Facility - shall mean a facility that is required to be registered with the Department that is designated and operated to compost only leaf and yard waste.
Mixed Solid Waste - shall mean heterogeneous and commingled solid waste, which may include readily biodegradable organic wastes, as well as other organic wastes that are not readily biodegradable and may also contain inorganic, non-compostable wastes.
Mixed Solid Waste Composting Facility - shall mean a solid waste management facility that is designed and operated to produce compost from the compostable portion of a mixed solid waste input stream.
Putrescible Waste - shall mean solid waste including, but not limited to, fish waste and other food wastes which contains organic matter capable of being decomposted by microorganisms and that has a tendency to form foul-smelling by-products, during decomposition, and may provide food for vectors or birds.
Putrescible Waste Composting Facility - shall mean a facility, that is required to be registered with the Department, that is designed and operated to receive, and compost putrescible waste with or without other waste.
Yard Waste - shall mean leaves, grass clippings, weeds, herbaceous garden waste, shrub and tree prunings, and brush.
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