It’s a stunning fact: About 25 percent of
commercially grown food goes to waste in this
country.
And you’ve probably seen a neighborhood fruit
tree ripen beautifully, only to have all the fruit fall
and rot on the ground.
In our busy world, excess fruit...
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It’s a stunning fact: About 25 percent of
commercially grown food goes to waste in this
country.
And you’ve probably seen a neighborhood fruit
tree ripen beautifully, only to have all the fruit fall
and rot on the ground.
In our busy world, excess fruit and vegetables
often go unused.
This wasted food also burdens
our solid waste system and creates odor and pest
problems in our communities.
At the same time, demand at local food banks
has increased dramatically in recent years.
New Gleaning Project Prevents Waste
Picked Produce Will Benefit food Banks
Pierce County Executive: Pierce County Council: Roger Bush, Chair
Pat McCarthy Shawn Bunney Tim Farrell Joyce McDonald
Barbara Gelman Terry Lee Dick Muri
Spring 2010
Earth Matters is a publication of Pierce County
Public Works and Utilities, Solid Waste Division.
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through Pierce County’s curbside recycling program.
Multiple Agencies Turn Excess
Into Resource
A coalition of P
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