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Insufficient infrastructure prevents enforcement of NH food waste ban. Existing compost facilities and food diversion programs wouldn’t have the capacity to handle it.
Two years after New Hampshire banned the disposal of large amounts of food waste in landfills, a new study has revealed a significant gap between policy and practice: the state still lacks enough infrastructure to make the law fully enforceable.
We’re running out of space for all our trash. One solution: Waste less food! Food is about 23% of our municipal solid waste.
Running out of space for all our trash. Solution – Waste less food.
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