The movie is Kiss The Ground. View it on Netflix or Vimeo and register for the panel discussion on June 2 at 7:00 PM with Capital Region food waste reduction and composting experts using this link: https://www.foodscraps360.com/events-news

Dan Rain, Bethlehem Recycling Coordinator, and Mark Warford, vice principal of Bethlehem Middle School, are two of the six panelists.

The program is sponsored by Zero Waste Capital District and FoodScraps360.

• The Capital District generates on average about 1.17 MILLION pounds of food waste, or the equivalent of 53 large school buses of food waste, EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
• Food and compostables make up 40% of our landfill.
• Food does NOT belong in landfills; it becomes a big contributor to climate change.
• When our food is composted, instead, billions of microorganisms and nutrients are returned BACK to our soils.

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Creation Care Team contact: Marie Myer