Tag - waste

Easton Launches Food Waste Recycling Pilot – Easton Courier

Easton residents have the opportunity to support a pilot program to reduce food waste destined for the landfill.   The town has partnered with Ottawa-based Food Cycle Science Corporation to try out the company’s Food Cycler machine, an indoor appliance that recycles your kitchen scraps by turning them into a nutrient-rich soil amendment without the hassle of...

How biogas greenwashes North Carolina’s hog waste problem – Scalawag

This story was produced and published in partnership with Southerly. Sherri White-Williamson lives about three miles from a pork processing plant in Clinton, North Carolina. On a good day, the air smells fresh, tainted by a minor whiff of rotten egg and sewage. On a bad day, the odor from the plant is so strong, she has to keep her windows closed.  The smell wafts...