A Word from Leadership: Continuing the Persistent Herbicide Fight

Frank Franciosi

USCC met this summer with U.S. EPA officials to again present our case against the labeling and use of persistent herbicides. This has been an issue for compost producers for almost a decade, and now the timing is critical. The re-registration date for six of these these herbicides grows closer, and the ability to restrict their use disappears.

The Advocacy Update in this edition of Compost Communicator details our meeting and outline actions you, our members, can take to help with this effort. In the coming weeks, you will receive talking points and directions for how to comment on how these herbicides can hurt your business. We ask you to request that EPA meet the demands of the USCC when it comes to re-registration of these herbicides. We urge you to pick up your pen and join the campaign when it begins, whether you are a compost manufacturer, community composter, compostable products industry or equipment representative, concerned citizen or non-profit. It will require hearing from a diverse number of voices to be successful!