{"id":1242,"date":"2005-06-03T22:33:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-03T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/06\/03\/seattle-attacks-food-waste\/"},"modified":"2005-06-03T22:33:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-03T22:33:00","slug":"seattle-attacks-food-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/seattle-attacks-food-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Attacks Food Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From NPR via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2005\/06\/seattle_could_r.php\">Treehugger<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kuow.org\/DefaultProgram.asp?ID=8567\">news<\/a> of Seattle&#8217;s incorporation of food waste recycling into local waste managment.  The City estimates that food wastes account for 40% of its garbage, so it will save landfill and money.  For those of you not in Seattle who don&#8217;t already compost food wastes, let me give another plug to composting with worms.  I&#8217;ve been doing it for about a year, and my plants and lawn simply love the worm poop fertilizer.  You can purchase a worm bin from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tkqlhce.com\/click-1674704-1175190\">Abundant Earth<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tqlkg.com\/image-1674704-1175190\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> (in fact, they&#8217;re currently on sale), or use <a href=\"http:\/\/whatcom.wsu.edu\/ag\/compost\/Easywormbin.htm\">this easy plan<\/a> to make your own.<\/p>\n<p>Technorati tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/food+waste\" rel=\"tag\">food waste<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/composting\" rel=\"tag\">composting<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Seattle\" rel=\"tag\">Seattle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From NPR via Treehugger, news of Seattle&#8217;s incorporation of food waste recycling into local waste managment. 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