SAB to verify whether local processors can accept compostable plastics before finalizing policy

Mar 4, 2026

Members asked staff to confirm that Delta Compost and other haulers can process BPI‑certified compostable plastics and to compile a list of accepted materials; the group favored moving technical lists into guidance material for vendors.

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Committee members pressed for verification that local processors can actually compost the materials the policy would permit. One member described speaking with a local contact who "verified that they are an industrial composting facility" but asked staff to obtain formal confirmation and a list of accepted items from Delta Compost before allowing compostable plastics in the policy.

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