<![CDATA[Solving the food waste problem]]>Pretty cool.

South Korea has cut household food waste going to landfill from 97% to almost nothing. New York City has started sending its scraps the same way.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260916-new-york-has-a-food-waste-problem-south-korea-has-already-solved-it

We've been composting for decades, so we end up throwing away very little food waste.

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