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Go on a journey with American High School students in Fremont, California, as they discuss the issue of wasted food and how their school is addressing it through an innovative food share table program. The video shows best practices in setting up a food share table, food recovery, and factoids surrounding wasted food.
ReportsUpdated for 2019!
This annual report recognizes—and quantifies—the commitment of StopWaste's member agencies to landscapes that provide multiple environmental and community benefits, including carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas reductions resulting from applying compost to the soil.
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Worm castings are the finished nitrogen-rich fertilizer from composting with worms; it’s basically worm manure! Worm castings can be used interchangeably with compost. This video will show you how to garden with worm castings. More gardening tips at www.LawntoGarden.org.
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Do you know the best way to store your berries? Find out in this video, and visit www.StopFoodWaste.org for more food-saving tips.
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A father and daughter solve the dinner time crunch and make the most of their leftovers. Find tips on how to stop food waste at www.StopFoodWaste.org.
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Working with tough, compacted soil in your garden? You can prepare that area with this one-time double digging technique. This video will show you all the steps from start to finish.
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Side and top dressing with compost gradually builds up soil health, fertilizes plants, and is really easy to do. To side dress, sprinkle compost or worm castings at the base of plants. To top dress, spread compost on soil just right before planting.
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There are many options for how you can get compost, the gardener’s gold. This video walks you through the options.
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The Alameda County Waste Reduction and Recycling Initiative (Measure D), levies a surcharge on solid waste landfilled in unincorporated Alameda County. Fifty percent of Recycling Fund revenues are disbursed to cities and sanitary districts that meet criteria contained in the law. Funds disbursed to municipalities must be used "...for the continuation
| 05/24/2019At a recognition event this week, StopWaste acknowledged the recipients of the 2019 StopWaste Business Efficiency Awards, given for outstanding achievements in waste reduction.