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Vermont tries lower emissions by keeping food wastes out of dumps

2015-07-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: Vermont is trying to revolutionize how the state, and perhaps the rest of the country, handles leftover food. Starting this month, any business, college or university, or other facility that produces 52 or more tons of food scraps per year (1 ton per week) and is within 20 miles of a composting facility is required to divert those scraps from landfills. This new ban is part of a larger effort by the state to raise its recycling rates and, at the same time, decrease its greenhouse gas emissions...

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