The Western Placer Waste Management Authority (WPWMA) does all the sorting, which means customers can't be fined under Senate Bill 1383, which was signed into law by then-Gov. Jerry Brown in 2016.

It may sound like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but diverting food waste from the landfill and converting it into electricity ...

The California law SB 1383, which takes effect in 2022, aims for people at homes and businesses to recycle their organic food waste. This will help reduce methane emissions by limiting what goes ...

Wasted food is also a big waste of the water, electricity, and hard work it took to grow, harvest, and deliver it. When that food ends up in the trash, it rots in landfills and releases methane, a ...

She found that just two weeks after bin delivery, the 18,000 residents that got their bins had doubled their food waste disposal – all part of an effort to prevent planet-warming gasses generated by ...

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has estimated that 30-45% of America’s food supply goes to waste. That is a problem and challenge taken very seriously by the food industry.

There the food is pasteurized at 165F for 2 hours, ground, blended and dried using standard industry equipment. The company buys all renewable credits for its electricity usage.