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Municipal Food Scrap Composting Programs: What Can Atlanta Learn from Programs Around the Country?
Municipal Food Scrap Composting Programs: What Can Atlanta Learn from Programs Around the Country?
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Chen, Alicia
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In 2022, the United States Department of Agriculture recognized the utility of composting programs and launched Composting and Food Waste Reduction cooperative agreements. Through the agreements, $10.2 million were awarded to fund pilot projects that develop and implement strategies for food waste reduction and compost plans (and increase access to compost for local agricultural producers). The City of Atlanta won one of the grants to pilot its own food waste composting program in 2022 and pilot programs have also been started in the adjacent cities of East Point and Decatur in 2023. As these services are being implemented, it is a prime time to explore and understand what policies should be included in a successful municipal food waste composting program and to discern how existing programs around the country are actually performing. This paper will aim to answer the following questions: Which municipal food scrap composting program best practices are actually being implemented around the country? Which best practices should Atlanta prioritize implementing in its own program?
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2024-04-25
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