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Halloween is quickly approaching. Haunted houses, costumes, candy, and parties fill the end of October. Yet the scariest part of Halloween isn’t the ghosts and goblins, it’s all of the food waste that’s generated after the fun celebrations. In 2022, Americans spent over $10.5 billion on Halloween. This included costumes, decorations, candy, and finally, pumpkins,…

Record rains complicate biosolids management on the Front Range Flexibility among farmers and utilities crucial to success For many farmers, the first half of 2023 will be remembered for extremes in precipitation. While snowmelt flooded thousands of acres in California’s Central Valley to bring back historic Lake Tulare, the Midwest’s Corn Belt endured a dry…

How Retailers Can Close the Waste Loop Best practices for stores to become vital links in a more circular economy through retail food waste Across the U.S., thousands of stores sell a wide array of food, plants, and other organic-based products each year. In fact, the average supermarket carries nearly 30,000 items, many of those…

For a more resilient food system, look to nutrient recycling Data suggests cities should look at more than food waste to achieve circularity   Can we, as a society, recycle the nutrients needed to grow our food? Sally Brown explores the question in a new article on BioCycle. Here are some fascinating facts from the…

By Adi Talwar and Jeanmarie Evelly . Published April 21, 2023 City Limits takes a multimedia look at how food waste is repurposed at the Department of Sanitation’s 33-acre composting facility in the Fresh Kills section of Staten Island. The site is part of New York City’s effort to operate “the nation’s largest composting program” and limit the climate impacts…

A solar array and microgrid project with battery storage recently debuted at an Imperial Western Products location. Denali says this will reduce emissions from creating animal feed and biodiesel. Cole Rosengren Lead Editor Environmental services company Denali recently completed a nearly $3.7 million solar and microgrid project at a major California facility that the company says will…