Photo Friday

This week we visited Pella Community School District and Ottumwa Community School District, who are implementing GreenRU in their cafeterias, free of charge. Chamness is donating tipping fees at our facility and GreenRU is donating pickup services for the rest of the school year for the districts, and we snapped this photo of one cook slicing pineapple and tossing the scraps directly into the composting GreenRU bucket! Nice!

Featured Article: Waste Management and Recycling Infographic

Today we have a featured article... sort of. It's more of a featured infographic. Infographics are a great way to get a lot of information very quickly and this one is no exception.

While none of the facts shown are shocking to us, you might be surprised. U.S. generates a lot of food waste, however we still aren't on board with composting enough to match the waste. It will be interesting to see how these number change now that people are becoming more aware of the dangers of landfilling, especially landfilling organic waste.

Check out the infographic here. Which fact surprised you the most? Let us know in the comments!