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Composting is good for the planet. Why don't more cities do it?

by Amy Scott
Jun 21, 2024
A community program in Baltimore aims to spread "compost fever."
Marvin Hayes, executive director of the Baltimore Compost Collective, which collects food scraps and yard trimmings to compost for use in local gardens. Hayes founded the Baltimore Compost Collective to "starve" the city's trash incinerator.
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Municipal composting helps food scraps find a second life

by Caleigh Wells
Jun 29, 2023
More and more cities are implementing food scrap collection to reduce landfill methane emissions and help meet climate targets.
At the Recology facility, workers have to manually remove non-perishable items that people mistakenly throw into green bins — including garden hoses, plastic bags and milk cartons.
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Entrepreneurs starting to see opportunities in other people's food scraps

by Britta Greene
Feb 12, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency is looking to keep food waste out of landfills. One entrepreneur in rural New Hampshire is pinning her business to that goal.
Jessica Saturley-Hall, founder of the Upper Valley Compost Company, picks up a bucket full of food scraps in Grantham, New Hampshire. 
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Carting New Yorkers' trash to landfills is expensive. One solution: Make less of it.

by Ashley Milne-Tyte
Aug 4, 2017
A city plan to increase recycling and food composting is in the works.
One idea to get more people recycling in New York is to give them bags with a bar code on it that would attribute the load to a particular apartment. Above, bags of recycling are piled on a Manhattan street.
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Composting in New York: Lessons from the West Coast

by Aarti Shahani
Jun 17, 2013
Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants New York residents to set aside food scraps in a separate bin. Similar programs are already in place in San Francisco and Seattle.
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Compostable dishes more common at holiday tables

by Adriene Hill
Nov 24, 2011
But finding a place to toss them where they'll actually break down is difficult.
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I can't compost. What should I do with my leftover coffee grounds?

by Adriene Hill
Aug 25, 2010
In response to Wednesday's story on the problems with coffee cups and K-cups, listener Richard Johnston from New York, sent in this question:...
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I live in an apartment. Can I still compost?

by Adriene Hill
Aug 12, 2010
Easy Answer: Yup. Especially if you're willing to make nice with worms....
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If your community picked up your trash less often, would you create less trash?

by Adriene Hill
Aug 11, 2010
Easy Answer: The city of Seattle might try to find out....
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Can I compost my paper shopping bags?

by Adriene Hill
Aug 9, 2010
Easy Answer: Yes....
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