Category: Food Waste

Cary Expands Food Waste Drop-Off Program With New Mills Park Collection Site

Composting just got more convenient for Cary citizens with the opening of a second food waste recycling drop-off site located at Mills Park, 425 Mills Park Dr. Cary is teaming up with Toward Zero Waste to help promote the drop-off by providing on-site education and leading online workshops. Citizens using the Mills Park site may [...]

By |February 14th, 2024|Categories: Composting, Food Waste, TZW in the News|0 Comments

How Does the Russia-Ukraine War Affect Food Supply?

In the months since Russia invaded Ukraine on Thursday, February 24th, most of us have read many articles about what the fallout of this massive geopolitical event would be. Alliance, human rights, and economic impacts have been extensively covered in the news. Beneath all of these important issues, the ongoing conflict has taught us [...]

By |June 26th, 2022|Categories: Food Waste|0 Comments

International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste

Happy International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste! That is a really long way to say it’s time for us to pay a bit more attention to the incredibly valuable resource of food! First the Facts In the United States, the EPA estimates that food waste represents between 30-40 [...]

By |September 29th, 2021|Categories: Food Waste|2 Comments

10 Ways to Reduce Food Waste at Home

Last Wednesday, Toward Zero Waste hosted a screening of Just Eat It, a documentary that follows filmmakers Grant Baldwin and Jen Rustemeyer as they try to live off nothing but food waste for six weeks. We also hosted four panelists - Rep. Zack Hawkins, Brandi Williams of Charlotte Public Service Divison, [...]

By |February 24th, 2021|Categories: Composting, Food Waste, Kitchen, Zero Waste|0 Comments

My Green Bin Challenge: 6 months in!

My Green Bin Challenge: 6 months in! - By - Leigh Williams  July, 2019 It has been a long since I have updated on my Green Bin Challenge! I haven’t abandoned the project (although things have gotten a bit more difficult) just got super busy! It seems like things [...]

By |July 15th, 2019|Categories: Food Waste, Green Bin Challenge, Kitchen, landfill, trash, Zero Waste|0 Comments

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