Food Waste Archives

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

CET’s Innovation Conversation

By Ozette Ostrow|2021-04-23T11:32:53-04:00April 23rd, 2021|Climate Change, Earth Month, Food Waste, Go Green, Innovation, Sustainability, Webinar|

Every year, the Center for EcoTechnology (CET) sets ambitious goals to transform the way we live and work; and to improve our community, economy, and environment. We’re moving the needle through innovative pilot efforts, including local carbon reduction projects, decarbonization, peak load reduction, deconstruction and more! In 2020, CET reduced emissions equal to taking

Single vs Dual Stream: Settling the Recycling Debate

By Jared Shein|2020-12-21T14:52:35-05:00December 21st, 2020|Education, Food Waste, Green for Homes, Recycling, Uncategorized|

Wednesday is garbage day where I live. You can tell from the bins all neatly lined up along the curb; one blue for trash and one green for recycling. Our office is a bit of a different story. Although many of us haven’t been to the office for quite some time, garbage and recycling have

Waste Not, Want Not: Wasted Food Webinar

By Ozette Ostrow|2020-11-23T16:54:40-05:00November 23rd, 2020|Composting, Food Waste, Green for Homes, Webinar|

The Issue at Hand Roughly 30-40% of the food in the U.S. is wasted, and the majority of this wasted food occurs at the consumer level. Wasted food costs an average family of 4 over $1500 a year, and overall, it costs farmers, businesses, and consumers about $218 billion. Wasting food also wastes resources and contributes

Spoiler Alert: Confusion Over Date Labeling Creates Avoidable Food Waste

By Ozette Ostrow|2020-12-18T13:05:35-05:00October 16th, 2020|Composting, Food Donation, Food Waste, Green for Homes, Waste Diversion|

Food Waste: Ripe with Problems Have you ever brought home fresh produce, placed it in your fridge, only to forget about it until a week later, and then, like an archaeologist discovering an ancient artifact, you dig it out and notice something fuzzy growing on it? We’ve all been there. It’s unnerving to have to