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Issue #29: Make New Dirt

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"Yard trimmings and food residuals together constitute 24 percent of the U.S. municipal solid waste stream. That's a lot of waste to send to landfills when it could become useful and environmentally beneficial compost instead! Read More

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partner Eco-Cycle Methane is a greenhouse gas 72 times more potent than CO2 over a 20-year period. The #1 source of manmade methane is landfills, where biodegradable materials such as paper, food and yard waste decompose anaerobically, (without air). Keeping organics out of landfills is essential to a Zero Waste future... read more


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