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Footnote 260 / Composting

  • ---. “Facts and Figures about Materials, Waste, and Recycling - Food: Material-Specific Data”. United States Environmental Protection Agency, 12 Sept. 2017, https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/food-material-specific-data.
  • “---”. Project Drawdown, 5 Feb. 2020, https://www.drawdown.org/solutions/table-of-solutions.
  • “Agriculture and Food: Composting to Avoid Methane Production”. Government of Western Australia: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, 15 Oct. 2021, https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/climate-change/composting-avoid-methane-production.
  • Biocycle Associates. Compostable Products: A Primer for Compost Manufacturers (Fact Sheet). Composting Council, 21 June 2021, p. 3, https://www.compostingcouncil.org/news/news.asp?id=570512&terms=%22primer%22.
  • “Composting Consortium”. Closed Loop Partners, https://www.closedlooppartners.com/composting-consortium/. Accessed 30 Dec. 2021.
  • FAO. “Sustainability Pathways: Food Loss and Waste”. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2014, https://www.fao.org/nr/sustainability/food-loss-and-waste/en/.
  • “Food Waste in America in 2022: Statistics & Facts | RTS”. Recycle Track Systems, https://www.rts.com/resources/guides/food-waste-america/. Accessed 30 Dec. 2021.
  • “International Compost Alliance”. ICA, https://www.internationalcompostalliance.com. Accessed 30 Dec. 2021.
  • Talt, Gina. “The ComPOSTer: How Much Can Composting Help in Solving the Climate Challenge? [UPDATED]”. S.C.R.A.P. Lab at Princeton, 4 Mar. 2020, https://scraplab.princeton.edu/2020/03/the-composter-how-much-can-composting-help-in-solving-the-climate-challenge/.
  • United Nations Environment Programme. UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2021. 3 Apr. 2021, p. 100, http://www.unep.org/resources/report/unep-food-waste-index-report-2021.
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