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Category Archive for 'Composting'

San Francisco leading the pack in reducing waste

Posted in Composting, Environment, Government Outreach on Mar 10th, 2011

Note: This is the second part in a series on the elimination of waste in San Francisco. The City of San Francisco is committed not only to reducing waste, but to eliminating it all together by the year 2020. To achieve this, the City enacted the Mandatory Recycling and Composting Ordinance in 2009. The ordinance [...]

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Recycle, reduce, reuse…and rot: Debunking the mysteries of composting

Posted in Composting, Environment on Nov 12th, 2010

Note: This is the first in a three-part series on the elimination of waste in San Francisco. Most of us grew up singing the mantra of the three Rs: recycle, reduce, reuse.  But there is actually a fourth R that has gone for years without recognition: rot. Rotting, or composting as it’s more commonly referred [...]

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