Good News Notes: “For those interested in composting food in Sioux Falls, there hasn’t been an opportunity to do so outside of their home. That is, until SoDak Compost came along. When Deirdre Appel moved to Sioux Falls last summer, she immediately began looking for ways to compost her food scraps while living in an apartment complex…
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Idaho recycling company finds reuse opportunities for yard and construction waste
Good News Notes: “Boise, Idaho-based Tree Top Recycling has been making the most out of housing growth opportunities in the Treasure Valley by turning an increased amount of yard and construction waste into usable products. As reported by KTVB, the company has been collecting materials such as lumber, pallets, scrap wood, trees, branches, bushes, grass leaves, and dirt—just…
How America’s least sustainable city learned to love recycling
Good News Notes: “From Arlo Guthrie, who wrote a seven-minute song about taking out the garbage, to Shel Silverstein’s Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout, who drowned in her own garbage, our society has long struggled with the excesses of its own existence. Today, Americans hold the title of biggest trash producers in the world, at 6.5…