Garbage Study Shows 60 Percent of Trash Could Be Diverted

A recently updated 2011 study by the University of Maine School of Economics that sorted and assessed the contents of trash in a representative sample of 17 Maine communities concludes that as much as 60 percent of what’s thrown away could be diverted from the waste stream through composting and recycling. Since municipalities pay for read more Garbage Study Shows 60 Percent of Trash Could Be Diverted