The Ohio EPA is teaming up with grocers to try to get them to compost their food waste. As much as 70 percent of some stores’ trash is food waste!
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Meanwhile, students at Santa Clara found that 42 percent of their trash was food waste. And 70 percent could have been recycled in some manner.
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The Times has an interesting piece on garbage disposals. Sounds like the newer models may avoid some potential pitfalls of sending food waste down the drain.
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Orange composting? Oh…the Orange are composting.
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Finally, here’s tales of implementing the Berekley School Lunch Initiative at John Muir Elementary. The enlightened program reduces waste by, among other things, getting students to value their food.
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