Vermont § 6605k - Food residuals; management hierarchy

§ 6605k. Food residuals; management hierarchy

• (a) It is the policy of the State that food residuals collected under the requirements
  of this chapter shall be managed according to the following order of priority uses: (1) reduction of the amount generated at the source; (2) diversion for food consumption by humans; (3) diversion for agricultural use, including consumption by animals; (4) composting, land application, and digestion; and (5) energy recovery. (b) A person who produces more than an amount identified under subsection (c) of this
  section in food residuals shall: (1) separate food residuals from other solid waste, provided that a de minimis amount
  of food residuals may be disposed of in solid waste when a person has established
  a program to separate food residuals and the program includes a component for the
  education of program users regarding the need to separate food residuals; and (2) arrange for the transfer of food residuals to a location that manages food residuals
  in a manner consistent with the priority uses established under subdivisions (a)(2)-(5)
  of this section or shall manage food residuals on site. (c) The following persons shall be subject to the requirements of subsection (b) of this
  section: (1) beginning July 1, 2014, a person whose acts or processes produce more than 104 tons
  per year of food residuals; (2) beginning July 1, 2015, a person whose acts or processes produce more than 52 tons
  per year of food residuals; (3) beginning July 1, 2016, a person whose acts or processes produce more than 26 tons
  per year of food residuals; (4) beginning July 1, 2017, a person whose acts or processes produce more than 18 tons
  per year of food residuals; and (5) beginning July 1, 2020, any person who generates any amount of food residuals. (Added 2011, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; amended 2017, No. 208 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. July 1, 2020.)