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Since quietly launching service in Manchester 13 months ago, Bootstrap Compost has diverted 5,000 pounds of organic material from the New Hampshire waste stream.
While tossing orange peels and coffee grounds in the garbage might seem inconsequential, sending food waste to landfills has a real impact on climate change. When trapped without air, decomposing food in landfills produces methane: a greenhouse gas that's at least 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in the short term. Composting recycles...