New York City has started free weekly collection of compostable material for every city resident across the five boroughs. The program, which began in Queens in the fall of 2022 and expanded to Brooklyn in…
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The city of Boise, Idaho said it is piloting a new food waste collection program for residents without curbside compost collection. The program enables residents who live in apartments, condos and other multi-family communities to…
O-Town Compost, of Orlando, said it has launched a food waste collection service in Gainesville, Florida. As a food waste collector registered with the city of Gainesville, O-Town will offer commercial establishments and multi-family properties…
The city of Ann Arbor, Michigan in collaboration with WeCare Denali, its contracted compost site operator, said it is changing the kinds of manufactured compostable products accepted for processing at its compost facility. Beginning January…
San Diego’s Environmental Services Department (ESD) recently completed the delivery of more than 200,000 organic waste recycling green bins to city-serviced homes, empowering San Diegans to segregate food scraps, food-soiled paper and yard trimmings for…
The mayor of Framingham, Massachusetts signed an executive order October 17 to create a Food Composting Task Force. The order creates a 13-member body to research and evaluate food composting options for city residents. The…
Every New York City resident will have access to clean, convenient, curbside compost pickup from the city’s Department of Sanitation (NYDS) by the end of 2024, the city announced. The city said the plan will…
San Diego will spend $77 million on a large composting plant in Miramar to handle all the yard trimmings, food scraps and other organic material that city residents and businesses must begin recycling under a…
With a new covered aerated static pile (ASP) composting system, the city of San Diego said it can now process more than 40,000 tons of organic waste annually. The new system was designed and constructed…
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