Why collect food waste?

Food waste can be as much as 30% by weight of items that get disposed of as garbage.  Did you know that food waste is the primary source of methane at landfill sites? Composting diverts food waste from the landfill and reduces greenhouse gas production. Food waste not sent to landfill can be composted to create a valuable soil amendment.  The City is already collecting food waste as garbage.  The pilot program will instead collect it in a different truck and deliver it to our composting contractor, Atlas Organics instead of it going to disposal in landfill.  Composting is the natural process of recycling organic matter, like food scraps, into fertilizer that feeds soil and plants.    

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1. Why Walltown?
2. How do I participate?
3. Why collect food waste?
4. How does the program work?
5. Where will my food waste go?
6. What happens after the pilot ends?
7. I like what I hear - how do I get started?