Food Recovery Challenge 2012 Award Winners’ Inspiring Accomplishments
By Laurie Solomon I feel blessed to be a member of EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge team. We’re passionate about reducing food waste, which is a big problem. Americans tossed out more than 36 million tons...
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Earth Month Tip: Compost
Composting your food and yard waste reduces the amount of garbage you send to landfills and reduces carbon pollution. Using food and kitchen scraps, yard trimmings, and other organic waste to create a...
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Switch Flipped On at Largest Solar Farm on a Superfund Site
The DuPont Newport Solar Project was recently completed in December 2013 and has an installed capacity of 548 kW (Photo courtesy of DuPont USA) By Charlie Howland I work on an EPA initiative called...
View ArticleReducing Food Waste and Promoting Food Recovery Globally
As we approach Thanksgiving, some of you will be sitting down with family and friends over a bounty of delicious food, while others may use this occasion to donate their time volunteering in food...
View ArticleLet’s Talk About Feeding People, Not Landfills
We throw more food into landfills than any other material. A typical family of four loses about $1,600 each year by tossing out wasted food, which rots in landfills generating methane gas and...
View ArticleCombating Wasted Food: Good for the Environment, Good for Your Bottom Line
Here’s a really smart way for businesses – from restaurants to grocery store chains to hotels and more – to boost their bottom lines: Reduce wasted food. This week we’re holding a week of action on...
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Urban Composting: It’s Always Worth It
By Barbara Pualani Any household organic material can be composted (and used again!). Earth-friendly urban dwellers know just how precarious composting in the city can be. Storage bags of frozen food...
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Tools Promoting Reuse-Evaluating Clean Energy for Contaminated Properties
By Mathy Stanislaus Last month while attending the Brownfields conference in Chicago, I spoke with numerous mayors, community members, developers, financiers, and many others working to revitalize...
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Working with Local Governments and Communities to Fight Food Waste
By Mathy Stanislaus After returning from our first Food Recovery Summit in Charleston, South Carolina where we announced the 2015 Food Recovery Challenge winners, I found myself thinking about food,...
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Solid Waste Law Helps Keep Water Clean
by Mike Giuranna The Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act deservedly get much of the credit for protecting the water you drink, but there’s another law you made not have heard of that’s no...
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