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Infographic: How your food affects climate change. Icons with text listed: soil management, manure management, methane, transportation, energy use, refrigeration, fertilizers/pesticides, land use, rice farming. Read more about Food Waste Prevention

Food Waste Prevention

Apr 2, 2025 | Circular Economy, Code, Food, Organics, YouTube, Zero Waste

Food Waste Prevention Food Waste Heats Our Climate Food waste is food that goes unsold or uneaten. Up to 40% of food gets wasted. Pollution from food waste heats our climate Producing food creates climate pollution. Pollution from food rotting in landfills heats the... Read MoreRead more about Food Waste Prevention

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Circular Economy

Feb 2, 2024 | Circular Economy, Code, YouTube

The Circular Economy Moving from a disposable economy to a system that reuses or remakes all materials.     California recycles billions of products, but still throws 41 billion tons of trash in landfills a year. Even more trash ends up littering streets and... Read MoreRead more about Circular Economy

Read more about CalRecycle 2022 Legislative Update

CalRecycle 2022 Legislative Update

Oct 27, 2022 | Circular Economy

SB 54 (Allen) - Stewardship programs for single use packaging Requires extended producer responsibility program and phases recyclable and compostable single-use packaging and single-use plastic foodware rules, with 65% recycled by 2032. Link to Legislation SB... Read MoreRead more about CalRecycle 2022 Legislative Update

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