Food waste becomes California's newest
climate change target
Posted By: NorthernDog, 12/9/2021 9:01:26 AM
DAVIS, Calif. — Banana peels, chicken bones and leftover veggies won't have a place in California trashcans under the nation's largest mandatory residential food waste recycling program that's set to take effect in January. The effort is designed to keep landfills in the most populous U.S. state clear of food waste that damages the atmosphere as it decays. When food scraps and other organic materials break down they emit methane, a greenhouse gas more potent and damaging in the short-term than carbon emissions from fossil fuels. To avoid those emissions, California plans to start converting residents' food waste into compost or
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Food garbage from nearly 40 million people will be a bonanza for rats. Expect to be overrun with vermin in short order.