Composting
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Collection, Composting, Food Waste, Operations
Beaufort County Expands Food Scrap Diversion With In-Vessel Composting
Beaufort County, South Carolina, is pairing four food scrap drop-off sites with an Earth Flow in-vessel composter to build local organics recycling capacity.
Food Waste
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Collection, Composting, Food Waste
Rice University Composting Program Tops 2 Million Pounds, With AI Now Tracking What’s Left
Rice University has composted more than 2 million pounds of food waste since 2020 through its partnership with Moonshot Compost. Associate Director for Sustainability Kristianna Bowles and Moonshot Co-Founder Chris Wood detail the operational lessons behind the program's growth, while a new AI tool, MetaFood X, adds plate-scan data to track both diner waste and kitchen overproduction.
AD & Biogas
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Food Waste, Policies + Regulations
Food Waste Still Dominates Canada’s Trash
Canada’s new waste characterization data shows food waste remains the largest share of residual MSW, highlighting a major organics recycling opportunity.
Markets
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AD & Biogas, Business+Finance, Collection, Community Composting, Composting, Food Waste
Oregon Launches $28 Million Food Waste Recovery Grant Program
Oregon DEQ is offering $26.7 million for large- and small-scale projects that expand food waste processing, collection and composting capacity.
Climate
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Composting, Operations
Denali National Park’s Sled Dog Waste Composting
Denali National Park has composted sled dog waste since 1980, using a simple system of sawdust, turning and seasonal management in Alaska.
Policies + Regulations
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Composting, Food Waste, Policies + Regulations
New Hampshire’s Food Waste Study Finds Big Gap Between Policy and Capacity
New Hampshire's food waste generation study finds 67,338 tons still landfilled statewide, with the sharpest capacity gaps in Hillsborough and Rockingham counties.