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Municipal Food Waste Collection Reduces Food Waste in Landfill and Promotes Positive Behavioral Spillovers
In the US, nearly one third of food intended for consumption is wasted each year. The majority of this food waste ends up in landfills,…
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Composting State of Practice: Results From a National Operations Survey
A form of composting has existed since early civilizations and has advanced to become a highly sophisticated process. As more than 40 states have set…
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Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Curbside Material Recovery Report
About the Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Curbside Material Recovery A Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) can be a valuable tool to evaluate the trade-offs associated with different…
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State of the Practice of Organic Waste Management and Collection in Canada
The diversion of organic municipal waste materials (i.e. food waste, leaf and yard waste) through composting and anaerobic digestion (AD) has been a growing focus throughout Canada. Initiatives…
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The Emergent Risks of Food Waste Recovery: Characterizing the Contaminants in MSW Organics from Different Sources
Composting and anaerobic digestion of food waste provide two means to recover and recycle some of the nutrients required to grow food. The use of…
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Resource Recovery from Diverted Food Waste via Hydrothermal Carbonization
The desire for food waste diversion from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills is steadily increasing. Recently, through current EREF funding, our research group at the…
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