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The documents from the state Department of Natural Resources come after an announcement at City Hall Tuesday caused consternation at City Hall.

Casey Lamensky with the Waste and Materials Management Program for the DNR shares how a recent study found tha...

Casey Lamensky with the Waste and Materials Management Program for the DNR shares how a recent study found that food waste and scraps are filling Wisc...

Casey Lamensky with the Waste and Materials Management Program for the DNR shares how a recent study found that food waste and scraps are filling Wisc...

Casey Lamensky with the Waste and Materials Management Program for the DNR shares how a recent study found that food waste and scraps are filling Wisc...

Casey Lamensky with the Waste and Materials Management Program for the DNR shares how a recent study found that food waste and scraps are filling Wisc...

Help keep food waste out of landfills MADISON, Wis. – Join the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for Stop Food Waste Day on April 27 by helping keep food waste out of Wisconsin landfills. Stop Food Waste Day is an international day of action in the fight against food waste. Food waste is edible food thrown away before it is eaten or because it is spoiled, as well as scraps such as banana peels and eggshells. According to the DNR’s 2020-2021 Statewide Waste Characterizatio...

By Luke Klink

A long-awaited pilot project has turned our single-use plastics into building blocks.

Martha McCoy Share: On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan, and the tsunami that subsequently struck Japan caused catastrophic damage and loss of life. This natural disaster resulted in approximately 16,000 deaths, hundreds of thousands of evacuees, and vast devastation to buildings and infrastructure. In addition to this human loss and suffering, the tsunami substantially exacerbated a global pollution problem that threatens wildlife, the environment...