Seattle Targets Zero Waste
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: September 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Length: 01:30
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In Seattle, everyone composts their kitchen scraps. They do it because city laws prohibit food waste from heading to landfills. Instead, homeowners can put kitchen scraps in recycling bins reserved for yard clippings, which eventually get turned into fertilizer. Now the city's taken things a step further...
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In Seattle, everyone composts their kitchen scraps. They do it because city laws prohibit food waste from heading to landfills. Instead, homeowners can put kitchen scraps in recycling bins reserved for yard clippings, which eventually get turned into fertilizer. Now the city's taken things a step further...
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