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Managing Food Scraps at Housing Sites – Free Virtual Event

The Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District is offering a free virtual event, Food scrap Management for Multi-Unit Housing, on Thursday, Nov 12 at 4:00 pm.

Featured speakers are:

CVSWMD Outreach Manager Cassandra Hemenway, to review how the district can support landlords DEC Environmental Analyst Emma Stuhl to discuss Vermont Food Scrap laws […]

Community Food Scrap Share

The Rutland County Solid Waste District, Solid Waste Alliance Communities and 350 Rutland County are pleased to announce the roll out of the Community Food Scrap Share Program. This spring, over 285 people participated in our Composting 101 Workshops. As an offshoot of this educational project, we have created a community share platform after identifying […]

Addressing Food Waste in Schools

Food Connects Launches Program to Address Food Waste in Schools [BRATTLEBORO, VT] Thanks to a two-year $55,550 grant from the Claneil Foundation, Food Connects will increase support to child nutrition professionals, and their school partners, to reduce food waste and increase food access. In a single year, K–12 schools in the US throw out […]

Upcoming Organics Summit Will Bring Entrepreneurs and Town Leaders Together to Find Ways to Recycle and Repurpose Food Waste

Every year, Vermonters throw away 200 million pounds of food and yard debris that could have been composted instead. This unnecessary waste adds up at landfills, contributing to massive greenhouse gas emissions. At the 2019 Vermont Organics Recycling Summit on April 11 in Randolph, leaders and learners from across the […]