Odor has been referred to as the Achilles heel of composting, forcing compost programs around the U.S. to shut down, from Delaware to New York City. Just last month, a smelly facility in Iowa’s Dubuque County said it planned to stop processing food waste by the end of March 2017.
Meanwhile, as the federal government leans on states to move organics off landfills, stakeholders are working to address what has become a thorn in the flesh to this alternative method to manage the stench-producing waste.
