San Francisco is probably America’s most eco-friendly city. It currently recycles an amazing 72% of its waste and has a successful public transport system.
Now, the city hopes to increase that recycling rate to 90% with the introduction of mandatory composting.
The San Francisco Board Of Supervisors voted 9-2 to require residents and businesses to sort recyclables, general rubbish and recyclables for weekly collection. Those failing to comply with the new ordinances, which take effect in the autumn, will be hit with fines.
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Some of the techniques to reduce food waste are simple. One being tried in US colleges is to remove trays in campus cafeterias.
Universities believe that removing trays can help reduce food waste by as much as 30 percent, as well as saving money Pomona College Dean of Students Miriam Feldblum talked to the Los Angeles Times about unconscious waste:
“When you ask people, ‘How often do you put something on your tray that you wind up not eating?’ they’ll think about it and say, ‘Quite often,” she said. “It’s rare someone will say, ‘I eat everything on my tray.’”
Recycling Program
Want to do your part to help save the environment? You can participate in the recycling program of your choice in your city or state. Here are some of the different items you can recycle, as well as ways to make your community efforts count.
Environmental Services
If you are concerned with the lack of recycling being done in your city, or if you think that the city’s water supply could stand to be cleaner, you’ll want to get in touch with the environmental services in your area. This department of government is responsible for making sure that each citizen in the area has the best environmental resources available, and your input really could help make a difference.
Solar Century
Do you want to know more about how you can make changes that will help you to cut down on your electricity?
Are you interested in protecting the environment, and reducing the amount of fossil fuel and coal that you have to use in order to keep your home or business functioning properly?
The 21st century has brought about some new developments in terms of renewable energy. A number of trials were done in the late 1990s to ensure that solar power, as well as hydro-power and wind electricity could become a reliable source of energy for the majority of the world.
