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Brave Little State

How’s Vermont doing with composting?

06 Jan 2022

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Food scraps have been banned from Vermonters’ trash since July of 2020. Question-asker Bella Fearn wants to know: How’s that going?To answer Bella’s question we check out one of the biggest composting operations in the state, and one of the smallest. And for those of you who need a confidence boost to try backyard composting, we get a pep talk from an urban homestead in the heart of Winooski.Check out a video and photos from our reporting here.Mentioned in the episode: Learn about Vermont’s Universal Recycling Law: vtrecycles.com Contact your solid waste district: 802recycles.com From the BLS archive: What happens to Vermont’s recycling? From Seven Days: Market to Farm: A New Food Waste Disposal Method Raises Fears That Microplastics Will Taint Fields This episode was reported, produced and mixed by Angela Evancie and Myra Flynn, with editing help from Josh Crane and engineering support from Peter Engisch. Ty Gibbons composed our theme music, other music by Blue Dot Sessions.Special thanks to Matt Stuart, Krystyna Oszkinis, Ham Gillett, Mary O’Brien, Lexi Krupp, Bob Kinzel, Kyle Ambusk, Mike Dunn and Brian Stevenson.As always, our journalism is better when you’re a part of it: Ask a question about Vermont Vote on which question we should answer next Sign up for the BLS newsletter Say hi on Twitter, Instagram and reddit @bravestatevt Drop us an email: [email protected] Make a gift to support people-powered journalism Tell your friends about the show! Brave Little State is a production of Vermont Public Radio. bravelittlestate.org

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