Rima Grace
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3,013 appearances
32 recordings
2 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 3 Jul
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And the barriers don't stop there.
Here's the big one.
Ohio imports more than 8 million tons of trash every year from more populated states.
That means Ohio makes money on other people's trash.
Brian Staley with the Environmental Research Education Foundation says without the financial incentive to start composting...
But when sustainability gets pitted against creating jobs and boosting local revenue, it's not a very popular political campaign.
So the deck is stacked against composting in Ohio.
Nathan Rutz is committed to trying anyway.
He's director of soil at Rust Belt Riders, a small group in Cleveland collecting roughly 4,000 tons of food scraps annually to turn it into compost.
He's touring me around their headquarters filled with dozens of what look like standard black garbage pickup cans brimming with food scraps and some very well-fed bugs.
Right here.
Oh, yeah, look at that.
Oh, there they are.
These cans get deployed at drop-off sites all around greater Cleveland, collected, turned into compost, and sold.
Rutz estimates his company processes roughly 1% of the food scraps generated here.
This is another composting service that costs money.
And residents have to drive their food scraps to drop-off locations or pay more to get it picked up.
Way more expensive than tossing it in the trash can they're already paying for.
Rutz is trying anyway because, despite the headwinds, some people are willing to pay to be more sustainable.
His business and composting throughout Ohio are growing.
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