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Recycling: Food Waste For PigswillSave Threatened Forests
2015-12-10 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Domestic pigs have no problem eating our leftovers, and saving food waste to feed livestock could even save vast swathes of Brazilian forest and savannah, Cambridge researchers say. However, in order to protect these threatened environments, the European Union will need to lift its ban on pigswill-feeding. The ban was originally implemented across the EU in 2002 when a U.K. farmer illegally fed uncooked food waste to his pigs, causing an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a highly contagious...
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EPA, partners launch challenge to recycle livestock waste nutrients
2015-12-10 21:47:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Environmental Protection Agency The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is partnering with the USDA, pork and dairy producers, and environmental and scientific experts to launch a competition to develop affordable technologies that recycle nutrients from livestock waste. read more
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New Food Waste Recovery Bill Would Push Composting, Waste-to-Energy
2015-12-10 09:31:00| Waste Age
Congress is going to be pondering food waste legislation, and how composting and waste to energy can help reduce the problem. read more
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Waste Management to Take Over Delray's Trash Collection Service
2015-12-09 20:40:00| Waste Age
Sun Sentinel After a six-month hiatus from collecting Delray's trash, Waste Management is poised to take over the service again. read more
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Austin Energy Waste Contract Extension In Doubt
2015-12-09 20:37:00| Waste Age
Austin Monitor Two City Council members voiced their objections at Tuesdays work session to a 12-month extension of the contract between the city and Republic Services Inc. for hauling industrial waste. read more
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