{"id":891,"date":"2019-04-01T21:04:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T21:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?page_id=891"},"modified":"2019-04-01T21:04:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T21:04:55","slug":"durhams-plan-to-turn-food-scraps-into-riches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/durhams-plan-to-turn-food-scraps-into-riches\/","title":{"rendered":"Durham’s plan to turn food scraps into riches"},"content":{"rendered":"
Durham\u2019s strategic plan calls for the city to increase residential composting, and the first step is a survey that was sent to citizens in March.<\/span><\/p>\n A 2015 city \u201c<\/span>Waste Characterization Study<\/span><\/a>\u201d found that around 30 percent of Durham residential trash sent to landfills is \u201cfood and soiled paper,\u201d both of which could be composted instead. <\/span>Durham waste management\u2019s goal is to reduce the weight of city garbage by 10 percent within three years. <\/span><\/p>\n The two easiest ways to do that are compost and recycling. And the Bull City is already primed to compost, reporter Frances Beroset explains<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n (Photo at top by Bailey Garrot)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Durham\u2019s strategic plan calls for the city to increase residential composting, and the first step is a survey that was sent to citizens in March.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":892,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\n