silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 months agoWhite House Announces Strategy to Keep Edible Food Out of Landfillswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkWhite House Announces Strategy to Keep Edible Food Out of Landfillswww.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoI guess I may be naive, but I assumed compost collection would have become standard with garbage and recycling.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months agoA few communities have that. Most of the US doesn’t. Large parts don’t even have metal recycling.
minus-squareWahots@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoYou should check out the EPA’s site on food waste (scroll down to the tables!) https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/food-material-specific-data It’s really cool. They also have breakdowns for metal, glass, wood, yard clippings, and other recycleables from years 1960-2018. Eye-opening numbers https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/guide-facts-and-figures-report-about#Materials_and_Products
I guess I may be naive, but I assumed compost collection would have become standard with garbage and recycling.
A few communities have that. Most of the US doesn’t. Large parts don’t even have metal recycling.
You should check out the EPA’s site on food waste (scroll down to the tables!)
https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/food-material-specific-data
It’s really cool.
They also have breakdowns for metal, glass, wood, yard clippings, and other recycleables from years 1960-2018. Eye-opening numbers
https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/guide-facts-and-figures-report-about#Materials_and_Products