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Why We Should Be Putting Our Food Back Into The Soil

By Steve Kraske,

Published April 23, 2021 at 1:52 AM CDT

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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.

Stan Slaughter, education and garden specialist, Missouri Organic Recycling
Meredith McAllister, co-owner of Compost Collective KC

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Steve Kraske

When I host Up To Date each morning at 9, my aim is to engage the community in conversations about the Kansas City area’s challenges, hopes and opportunities. I try to ask the questions that listeners want answered about the day’s most pressing issues and provide a place for residents to engage directly with newsmakers. Reach me at steve@kcur.org or on Twitter @stevekraske.

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