Food Waste: Why it Matters
According to EPA (and many other sources), approximately one-third of food produced in the United States is not eaten. Americans on average waste about 1 pound of food daily. Food …
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What You Can Do: More Composting Options for Arlington
Multi-family residents can now divert their food scraps to produce compost for healthy soil. The Solid Waste Bureau has recently launched a pilot program to collect food scraps and food-soiled …
What You Can Do: A Climate-Friendly and Healthy Diet
Most of us are aware that shifting to a vegan or vegetarian diet can have a big impact in reducing our individual carbon footprint. For social, cultural, and emotional reasons, …
Be an Active Participant in Collecting Food Scraps Waste
A successful launch of this program will depend on residents enthusiastically embracing the effort. You can help by: For those living in a multifamily building, you can drop off food …
A Step Forward Toward Zero Waste
Curbside food scrap collection will reduce the residential waste stream going to the Waste-to-Energy facility by 20 percent (wet food scraps don’t burn well) and increase the countywide recycling rate …