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Municipalities hesitate to retreat from recycling progress

Published: October 31, 2017
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David Biderman, SWANA executive director

In a recent interview, SWANA leader David Biderman said communities don’t want to undo decades of outreach work and tell residents to stop putting certain items in the bin, even if China’s scrap policies are shaking up market realities.

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How one state is addressing uneaten food

Published: October 24, 2017
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Ashley Zanolli of Oregon DEQ speaks at REFOR 2017.

In recent years, efforts out of Oregon have helped set the national pace on topics such as sustainable materials management and recycling metrics. Now, the state is beginning to do the same when it comes to food waste – or, more precisely, wasted food.

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