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Composting, Related Businesses Surge Following Vermont Food Scrap Ban © Provided by New England Cable News State environmental officials in Vermont say that, since composting was mandated last summer, food waste heading into landfills is plummeting and services that haul scraps are surging. “We have seen people are composting,” said Josh Kelly of the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. “And in increasing numbers.” Quarter over quarter, food waste tonnage diverted from landfills has been skyrocketing, Kelly said, especially since the state ban became official in July 20...

Composting, related business surge following Vermont food scrap ban © NECN composting in vermont State environmental officials in Vermont say that, since composting was mandated last summer, food waste heading into landfills is plummeting and services that haul scraps are surging. “We have seen people are composting,” said Josh Kelly of the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. “And in increasing numbers.” Quarter over quarter, food waste tonnage diverted from landfills has been skyrocketing, Kelly said, especially since the state ban became official in July 2020. Kelly...

New almanac follows contours of Vermont Vermont Almanac launched in December, and features contributors from around the state, including the Upper Valley. The first issue of “Vermont Almanac” includes a profile of Gabriel, a man from the Mexican state of Guerrero who has worked at a Vermont dairy farm for the past 12 years. The August chapter of the “Vermont Almanac” includes several photographs of agricultural fairs, including this photograph taken in Rutland. The “Vermont Almanac” includes a 2020 fishing report in its July chapter. Among several articles in the “Vermont Alman...