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Portland to launch food composting pilot program
The yearlong effort, during which residents can drop off food scraps at five locations in the city, will begin on Thursday, which is Earth Day.
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Portland will launch a pilot program Thursday in an effort to further reduce the city’s waste volume stream by converting food scraps into compost.
City officials will hold a press conference and demonstration of how the pilot composting program will work at 10:30 a.m. at the Boyd Street Community Garden.
The kickoff event will coincide with Earth Day, a global day of awareness aimed at fighting climate change. Earth Day will occur on the same day as the Biden administration’s global climate summit. President Biden has invited 40 world leaders to participate in the summit in the hope of reaching deals with some of the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters. Biden is also expected to unveil a new emissions reduction target for the Paris climate accord.