Politics & Government
Input Sought For Media Food Scrap Program
A 15-item survey was launched to gain public input on the borough potentially expanding its recycling program to include food scraps.
MEDIA, PA – Media Borough has launched a public online survey that addresses the possibility of expanding its recycling program and you can weigh in now.
The 15-item survey wants to know what you think about the borough's idea of possibly including a food scrap program in addition to its normal recycling program.
"With a food scrap collection program you would be able to separate food from the rest of your garbage, and have it collected for composting at a local compost farm," the borough said.
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Those who fill out the survey has a chance to be part of a composting pilot program, the borough said.
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A food scrap program would limit the amount of waste that goes to the county landfill and incinerator by about 30 percent, the borough said.
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