From paper to plastic, diapers to last night’s dinner scraps, many everyday items end up in a landfill that don’t need to be there. About a quarter of the garbage Cary sends to the county landfill is ...

Protecting our climate is important to Colorado. To meet our statutory climate goals, we must reduce pollution across all sectors, including landfills. To accomplish these reductions, landfills must ...

Laura Lee readily acknowledges that one plastic bag of cucumber peels and scallion roots won't change the world. But the scraps from a recent morning of prep work for her Columbus food truck, Ajumama, ...

DENVER, Colo. — In some cities, trash from restaurants makes up 25% of the garbage going into landfills every single day. Restaurants are only second in producing food waste to families in their own ...

Scientists and government officials increasingly recognize food waste as a major contributor to climate change. Across the globe, producing and disposing of uneaten food accounts for about half of the ...

Leftover food comes and goes easily. Wilted salad left from a potluck, daily coffee grounds, the moldy butt of a loaf of bread, slick potato peels from Thanksgiving prep—if you’re like most people in ...

NEW YORK — America has a food waste problem. In a country famed for its large portion sizes, Americans toss out some 30-40% of the food produced. "We think of U.S. households wasting about a third of ...

Cary’s second food waste drop-off is open at 423 Mills Park Drive from sunrise to sunset. Food scraps, coffee grounds, paper towels, paper plates and other materials are accepted at the center. The ...