Garden Waste Disposal

As a result of Vermont's new mandatory recycling/composting rules, Garden waste that could once be bagged and landfilled for PROPER disposal (as recommended for COMMON plant problems like Tomato plants with Blight, or squash plants with Powdery Mildew Disease), can no longer be landfilled (or, can't be landfilled in future years when the policy is fully enforced.

Can our local representatives provide some information on the proper disposal of garden plants impacted with a variety of natural pathogens? I don't use ANY chemicals in my garden (which is kind of the point of growing my own). Composting these impacted plants aids in the spread of the diseases in future years. Most horticultural recommendations advise against burning of impacted plants because many of the spores are not killed, but are merely pushed into the atmospere and spread by the wind when burned.

Are there any resources in the state agriculture department that can provide some solid evidence based recommendations for proper disposal.