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Tackling Wasted Food This Season

By Cassie Rogers|2021-11-24T12:13:14-05:00November 14th, 2021|Composting, EcoFellows, Go Green, Recycling, Sustainability, Waste Diversion|

Tackling Wasted Food This Season The holiday season is right around the corner, and with that usually brings traditions centered around food. Whether it’s turkey, latkes, or hot cocoa, there’s quite a bit of surplus food that makes its way into the landfills around this time. A whopping 25% more trash is generated by households from

Learn Strategies for Food Waste Mitigation and Recycling in K-12 Schools

By Fatin Chowdhury|2021-11-12T16:34:31-05:00November 12th, 2021|Composting, Food Waste, GREEN TEAM, Recycling, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Waste Diversion|

REDUCING FOOD WASTE IN K-12 SCHOOLS The Center for EcoTechnology (CET) helps guide educational institutions on how to improve their approach to wasted food solutions and reduce their waste across the United States. In collaboration with many organizations, schools in states such as Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts have implemented food waste prevention, recovery, and

Make The Most Out Of Your Autumn Food Scraps!

By Cassie Rogers|2021-10-22T16:46:22-04:00October 22nd, 2021|Composting, Creative reuse, EcoFellows, Food Waste, Go Green, Green for Homes, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Waste Diversion, Zero Waste|

It’s that time of the year again, when the days get shorter and the air gets colder. You might see more root vegetables at the farmers' market or feel that annual craving for a certain pumpkin spiced something... Considering the 60 billion pounds of wasted food that goes into the landfill every year, it’s important

How to Save Energy & Reduce Waste as a Renter

By Ozette Ostrow|2021-06-25T17:25:01-04:00June 25th, 2021|Composting, Energy Savings, Green for Homes, Sustainability|

We all want to do our part to reduce our carbon footprint in some way, but when you don’t own your own home, what can you do to help out? We’ve put together 3 quick things that renters can do to live more sustainably and make a difference! Get a Home Energy Assessment One of

The Dirt on Composting

By Ozette Ostrow|2021-06-01T12:57:32-04:00June 1st, 2021|Composting, Food Waste, Green for Homes, Webinar|

Wasted food makes up over 20% of the municipal solid waste stream in the United States. The majority of this wasted food ends up in landfills, with only about 4% of this food waste going to compost. This is an issue because as food decomposes in landfills it goes through an anaerobic process, during