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Food waste
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Food waste on city’s menu
Each year, Americans put billions of pounds of uneaten food and scraps in the trash. And they do so at hefty costs, not just to the local governments that have to haul residents’ garbage to landfills, but also in terms of the climate-disrupting greenhouse gases that food waste generates. To counter those problems, cities across […]
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Brighton schools go deep on garbage
The Brighton school district now has a policy on its books about cutting waste, but it’s not referring to the kind of government waste many people fixate on. The policy is referring to refuse. The Brighton school board recently adopted a district-wide policy to divert 80 percent of its waste from landfills. That will require […]
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New-school fuel
On large dairy farms with lots of cattle, manure management is no minor task. Farmers have to be deliberate about how they store it, and mindful of the environmental impact of mountains of manure. And then there’s the odor. Some of the traditional ways that farmers have stored manure — in holding pits called lagoons, […]
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French grocer celebrates imperfect food
About a month ago, a French grocery store started an ad campaign trying to convince consumers to buy imperfect fruits and vegetables. The whole campaign is geared at addressing a major food waste problem. Too often, imperfect produce is tossed out by grocers, since the public doesn’t buy it. And it’s part of a much […]
