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More than half of Austin residents live in multifamily complexes, but most don’t have composting services, according to Austin Resource Recovery.
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By collecting food scraps and yard waste for compost, you save them from a landfill.
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Only a small fraction of plastic waste in the U.S. ends up being recycled. The Plastic Reduction Project wants to help people in Austin rely less on the plastic containers, forks, cups and bags we use once and then toss out.
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Every week banana peels, coffee grounds, moldy strawberries and pizza boxes are placed in green bins and rolled out to the street as part of the city's residential composting program.
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Austin City Council passed an ambitious plan in 2011 to divert most of the city's waste from landfills by 2040. Despite recycling and composting strategies, we're nowhere near where we should be.
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The City of Austin is finalizing a four-year rollout of its curbside composting program, adding 55,000 homes by mid-February.
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All Austin businesses with a permit to sell food are now required to divert organic waste from landfills, but some restaurant owners say they didn’t get…
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Yesterday, we heard about a new goal set by the federal government: a 50 percent reduction in food waste by 2030.One way to waste less food is to compost…
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The City of Austin wants to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills by encouraging residents to compost. Free composting classes are being offered…
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Taking out the trash is a thing of the past: All Austin restaurants will have to start composting by 2017, and restaurants 5,000 square feet and up only…