It’s easy to compost. Just drop off your food waste at a Pittsburgh farmers market
Pittsburgh offers a composting drop-off for food waste at its four Citiparks farmers markets. Bring veggie scraps, but no meat or dairy.
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Penn researchers are turning food scraps into building materials — from pineapple peels to celery stalks
Researchers work to solve multiple problems: how to keep food waste out of landfills, make healthier building materials and tackle climate change.
A local food bank is turning spoiled produce into farm-fresh eggs. Here’s how
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Unfit for pantry shelves, hundreds of pounds of produce are redirected to a farm, where the chickens' "salad bar" curbs waste, cuts costs and helps fight hunger.
How to start composting at home
It doesn't take a lot of space or special equipment to start a compost pile or bin at home. Composting benefits garden soil and the climate.
Pittsburgh startup aims to make food waste recycling easy and affordable
Ecotone Renewables’ ZEUS units break down food waste through anaerobic digestion, turning it into a liquid fertilizer and renewable energy.
Composting and feeding food waste to animals have big climate benefits, study finds
The study found that diverting all food waste from landfills would avoid close to 40 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents per year.
‘Life Waste’: A musical tour of food waste, cow manure and biogas
The exploration of transforming waste to renewable energy is illustrated through songs titled “Behold the Cow,” “Making Gas,” “Dirt” and “Recycling Song.”
What can one person do about climate change? The food we (don’t) eat
If food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world. What you can do in your own home to reduce food waste.
Centre County sees fertile ground to grow composting program
A pilot program in State College hopes to bring composting to neighboring municipalities in Centre County.
Considering saying ‘I do’ to a green wedding
Weddings and other big events can create a lot of waste. But more people are starting to think about the environment as they plan their big day.
