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Making Frederick's compost pilot program permanent!

September 18, 2024 | By Jennifer Kunze

For the past two years, the City of Frederick has offered free food scrap pickup to City households through Key City Compost, to be composted at Key City's compost facility near Thurmont. Now, the pilot program is coming to an end, and the City of Frederick faces the decision of whether to make it permanent, what the permanent parameters should be, and how it should be paid for.

Keep it off the curb! How to keep these 5 banned items out of your trash

February 10, 2023 | By Bayley Koopman and Clean Water Action Massachusetts

Recycling some items can take a little bit more work than just putting mixed paper on the curb, but it’s worth it to protect our communities from the pollution caused by landfills and incinerators! Here's how to keep 5 banned items off of the curb.

Let's Unpack That: Coffee

April 3, 2019 | By Nina Foushee

The United States contains 5% of the world’s population, yet consumes about a quarter of the planet’s resources. Much of this consumption stems from our “throw away” lifestyle, whereby many products are used once and then thrown away. This started in the 1950s, when the plastics and chemical

Image of plastic water bottles floating in blue water. Source: Canva

Take the Pledge! - 10 Things You Can Do to Reduce Single-Use Waste

July 17, 2018 | By Jill DiMeo

Single-use products are the main source of trash in our waters. When this garbage is disposed of improperly, it ends up in our stormwater and sewer systems, and ultimately our oceans, which has a devastating impact on marine life. In addition, the manufacturing of plastic products produces enormous amounts of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants.

Making Frederick's compost pilot program permanent!

Keep it off the curb! How to keep these 5 banned items out of your trash

Let's Unpack That: Coffee

Take the Pledge! - 10 Things You Can Do to Reduce Single-Use Waste

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