California enacts statewide law to keep food scraps out of landfills
A new law in California will affect what you do in your kitchen. KTVU, Jan. 2, 2022
California is about to witness its biggest change to trash since the ’80s
Hint: It’s all about composting San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 1, 2022
California goes to war with food waste. Composting is its next climate crusade
Trash never dies. Sometimes it’s not even trash. LA Times, Dec. 9, 2021
Composting sequesters carbon and reduces emissions. Is it enough to fight climate change?
San Francisco celebrating the 25th year of its food scraps collection program. San Francisco Examiner, Nov. 30, 2021
How to Manage a Megacity
By 2050, 6 billion people could be living in cities. How should the challenges caused by rapid urbanization be handled in the world ahead? Economist, Nov. 23, 2021
San Francisco Celebrates Major Climate Success with 25 Years of Composting
The city’s curbside composting program leads the nation, providing all San Franciscans with easy composting at home and furthering the City’s zero waste efforts. Office of the Mayor, Oct. 20, 2021
SF’s ‘Zero Waste’ Goal Has Made it America’s Leading Recycling City
Few cities in the US, let alone the world, has the innovation legacy of San Francisco. Whether it’s the arts or cuisine, technology, or public transit, what happens in the Bay Area often establishes a blueprint for cities elsewhere. Rolling Stone, Oct. 15, 2021
The Quest to Make Composting as Simple as Trash Collection
Food waste accounts for 8% of greenhouse gas emissions. More U.S. cities are exploring door-to-door compost collection, but it’s not as easy as it might seem. Bloomberg, Oct. 14, 2021
How San Francisco composts 550 tons of waste every day
San Francisco recycles and composts more trash than it sends to the landfill. That means San Francisco is saving water, space, and chemical fertilizers, and reducing destructive greenhouse gases. So how does composting work where it is servicing a whole city? We went straight to San Francisco’s compost pile to find out if this model […]