How sewage treatment plants could handle food waste, sparing landfills and the climate
When food waste is placed in a landfill, its decomposition emits significant greenhouse gases.
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Cutting food waste in Florida schools benefits students, farmers and the environment
SB 1464 allows schools to partner with local food banks and take other steps to reduce waste.
Miami-Dade’s composting breakthrough should be celebrated — will a $1.9B incinerator snuff it out?
Miami-Dade cannot celebrate composting while building infrastructure that requires us to stop composting.
The climate solution sitting in America’s trash
Cutting food waste is a huge potential climate win. Why are we ignoring it?
Reducing food waste helps the climate
Food makes up almost 25% of the waste in our landfills, and when it decomposes, it releases methane.
Urban agriculture isn’t as climate-friendly as it seems – but these best practices can transform gardens and city farms
Several practices stood out for how effectively they can make fruits and vegetables grown in cities more climate-friendly.
Florida lawmakers seek to change policy that has delayed beach nourishment work; ocean heat could mean another record year
The US Army Corps of Engineers has long pumped sand onto Pinellas County beaches, but a change in policy has ...
Real or artificial? A forestry scientist explains how to choose the most sustainable Christmas tree, no matter what it’s made of
There are advantages and disadvantages to both cut trees and artificial trees.
Let’s celebrate this holiday season with a commitment to reducing food waste
Food waste is a significant contributor to climate change, a problem that intensifies during the holidays.
Farm bill should encourage sustainable practices
We must influence Congress to promote the public good instead of the narrow private interests supported in past farm bills.