Banana Being Deposited in the Organic Waste Receptacle

3 New Challenges Schools Face Because of Emerging Waste Management Regulations

Reading Time: 3 minutes Organic waste disposal is now at the forefront of new issues facing school districts and other local governments. Unrecycled organic waste contributes to climate change, methane pollution, and the massive and avoidable food waste problem in America. According to some estimates, the U.S. sends 40 percent of the food it creates to landfills. New regulations are cropping…