What to Do as Food Waste Project Takes a Pause?

Many of us have become committed to separating our food waste from our trash.

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Mulching the Future for Island Composting

Even as one system reaches the end of its lifecycle, composting activists on-Island are envisioning a bright future for local organic waste management.

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Oak Bluffs Eyes Town Composting Facility

Oak Bluffs is pursuing $2 million in grant funding to start a food composting service at the town’s transfer station.

The select board voted Tuesday to submit a proposal to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday for a composting facility that could process as much as 2,080 tons of food waste a year, cutting down on the amount of scraps that get shipped off Island.

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Refuse District Begins Composting Food Waste
Alex Elvin

The Edgartown transfer station for the four-town district is now accepting food waste for composting. The pilot program began last week.

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Yearlong Food Waste Study Eyes Composting on the Vineyard
Alex Elvin

Central composting facilities and a variety of community initiatives are among the final recommendations of an Islandwide food waste study that wraps up this month.

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Composting on the Coast; An Island Grapples With Food Waste
Alex Elvin

A four-month pilot study, which began in June, may set the stage for an Islandwide composting program that could help businesses comply with the state’s ban on commercial food waste.

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Where the Waste Goes, I Will Follow
Noli Taylor

Every year, 40 per cent of the food grown in this country is never eaten. The waste happens in farm fields, during processing and transportation, in grocery stores, restaurants, and in our homes.

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Food Waste Study Gets Underway on Martha's Vineyard
Alex Elvin

A state ban on commercial food waste has yet to be enforced, but Islanders have launched a comprehensive study of the issue.

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Demand for Composting Expected to Grow Here
Alex Elvin

Massachusetts has become the first state in the nation to put a ban on commercial food waste entering landfills. Larger businesses on the Vineyard are preparing for the changes, and businesses and residents are feeling the need for more composting regulations.

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Vineyard Explores Composting Options
Mandy Locke

While the Martha's Vineyard Refuse Disposal and Resource
Recovery District committee negotiates costs, facility capacity and
logistics with the Rhode Island-based Waste Options company to build a
composting facility on the Island, many Islanders seek answers to more
basic questions.

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