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The Colorado Company That's Tackling 36 Million Tons of Food Waste
Aug 05, 2016
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The United States throws away 36 million tons of food each year, which amounts to 40 percent of the total food generated. However, this massive issue presents a big recycling opportunity. In this short film from the web series The Perennial Plate, we tour A1 Organics in Colorado, which uses a machine called biogas digester to turn that waste into renewable natural gas.
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Author: Erica Moriarty
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