Turning Food Scraps into Compost During COVID-19
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Turning Food Scraps into Compost During COVID-19

Photo credit Julia Simon for NPR (www.juliaradio.com) The second week of March marked a turning point in America. California issued the first mandatory shelter-in-place order, non-perishable food items flew off grocery store shelves, and people across the country started working from home due to the

Turning 18,000 Tons of Green Waste into Black Gold
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Turning 18,000 Tons of Green Waste into Black Gold

Master Gardeners Rethink How Burbank Residents Deal with Yard Waste Burbank Recycling Coordinator Kreigh Hampel gives gardeners a tour of the recycling center (Photo by Jourdan Arnaud) The city of Burbank started collecting yard waste in 1993. In that 27-year timespan, Burbank’s Public Works Department

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