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Message: Dinner from the Dumpster by Emily Vaughn No matter how sustainably produced your food purchases are, food that goes uneaten is a waste of resources and a major pollutant. Food scraps make up nearly 13 percent of municipal waste in the US. That percentage includes discarded trimmings like carrot peels and apple cores, but the bulk consists of surplus or aesthetically imperfect items from food service providers. Organic material like food waste produces methane as it decomposes in landfills: a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide. Whats a conscientious consumer to do? One solution is to reclaim discarded food from the dumpster. The new documentary,
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