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‘Invisible’ Waste: For Restaurants, Composting Food Scraps Is Just the Beginning

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Invisible’ Waste: For Restaurants, Composting Food Scraps Is Just the Beginning Cooking, refrigeration, air conditioning, water use, and packaging contribute to greenhouse gas emissions too. When food waste goes to landfills, it creates methane , a powerful greenhouse gas. Some workers are taking matters into their own hands.

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These Manure Digesters Incorporate Food Scraps. Does That Make Them Better?

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Methane gas digesters are used by dairy farms to convert manure into energy and reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. We’ve kind of cracked the code [of the logistics, technology, and economics for the U.S.,] Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are sometimes mixed with food waste at compost facilities.

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