The United States has a festering food waste problem going largely unnoticed. In 2021, according to the nonprofit ReFED, 91 million tons of food – half still edible – were thrown away. Only 2% was ...
The USDA said it will invest more than $7.5 million for 26 cooperative agreements supporting innovative, scalable waste plans to reduce and divert food waste from landfills and reduce greenhouse gas ...
The city's smart bin program will add another 20 collection locations. It’s part of an effort to increase multifamily composting efforts to meet DC's zero waste goal to divert 80% of waste by 2040.
Most food and garden waste in Australia comes from homes. Australian households waste 3.1 million tons of food each year. That’s more than five kilograms each household per week. Over half of all ...
As the city and county develop new solid waste plans and landfill demand grows in the Kansas City region, the Douglas County Food Policy Council is urging them to prioritize organic waste diversion to ...
Environmentalists urge people to think twice about how much food they make and how to deal with leftovers this Thanksgiving. New York City, reportedly the world's most wasteful city, last year ...
Research has found the flavour and aroma of tomatoes improve when compost made from food and garden organics is added to the ...
Commercially farmed tomatoes taste sweeter when food and garden waste compost is added to their soil, a University of ...
In a successful initiative, Naval Station Great Lakes has reported a 114% increase in recycling and diverted over 300 tons of ...
A bulldozer mixes a composting windrow at Spurt Industry's composting facility in Wixom, Michigan. (Photo by Nick Hagen / Planet Detroit) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a ...
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Michigan city launches free food-scrap drop-off pilot, will return compost to residents
Organic material represents about 35% to 40% of the city's municipal solid waste.
Chris Shelar, the diversion manager at KC Can Compost, demonstrates how their collection truck picks up the larger collection bins from the nonprofit's commercial customers who want to compost their ...
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