Sustainable Southbury Launches Survey On Food Scraps Recycling

Press release from Fadwa Najamy:

Nov. 17, 2020

Sustainable Southbury, an environmental conservation group working to transform Southbury into a green community, is polling Southbury residents on their interest in recycling their food scraps, primarily through composting.

Composting food scraps has a range of benefits: it creates nutrient rich soil, supports local farmers and gardeners, reduces the need for pesticides and fertilizers, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and reduces the tonnage of our town’s landfill waste -- thus saving the town money.
The survey will be used to help understand if residents would be interested in dropping off their food waste at the town transfer station for a commercial hauler to pick up and turn into high-quality compost that can be used by farmers and members of the community for food and flower gardens.

To participate in the short survey and to find out more about composting, food waste recycling, and their other exciting programs, visit: https://tinyurl.com/SScompost. Hurry - the survey ends on November 30, 2020.

This press release was produced by Fadwa Najamy. The views expressed here are the author's own.