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Why We Should Be Putting Our Food Back Into The Soil

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Instead of throwing food in the trash, consider recycling it through composting.

Compost Collective KC and Missouri Organic Recycling offer options for dealing with your food waste.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, consumer food waste in the United States reached almost 41 million tons in 2017 and that takes up a lot of landfill space. On this Earth Day, composting alternatives for your kitchen and table scraps including a curbside pickup service.

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