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South Korea's food waste recycling model turns leftovers into energy

South Korea's food waste recycling model turns leftovers into energy

South Korea has transformed its approach to food waste by recycling 98% of its scraps into compost, animal feed and renewable energy, offering lessons to other nations seeking sustainable waste management solutions.

Andrew Jeong and Julie Yoon report for The Washington Post.

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New York curbside composting program

Why New York’s curbside composting program will yield hardly any compost

This week, New York City’s curbside organics collection effort debuts in Brooklyn, where tons of food scraps will be processed to help deliver un-fracked natural gas to local residences. Is this the best use of the city’s food waste?

New York curbside composting program

Why New York’s curbside composting program will yield hardly any compost

This week, New York City’s curbside organics collection effort debuts in Brooklyn, where tons of food scraps will be processed to help deliver un-fracked natural gas to local residences. Is this the best use of the city’s food waste?

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An Irish abbey where the grass is always warmer

In an effort to live sustainably, the sisters at St. Mary's Abbey not only use solar panels to warm their buildings but also a little-known but mighty form of elephant grass called miscanthus.

NC law makes electric utilities buy power from poultry waste

As the number of birds grown in North Carolina swells, it remains the only state that makes utilities buy power generated from poultry waste.
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Time to stop counting forest biomass as ‘renewable energy’

Phasing out forest biomass as ‘renewable energy’ would yield massive benefits in terms of air pollution and climate protection.

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Europeans are burning biomass

Europeans are burning trees to keep warm

Sky-high energy prices have people turning to wood to provide a cheaper alternative—and EU laws are helping incentivize this.
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