CURBSIDE FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING PROGRAM - Revision history

Randylyon at 19:39, 28 October 2024

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	Extended the landfill's life		Extended the landfill's life
	Reduced pollution (especially ~~methane~~ - a powerful greenhouse gas)		Reduced pollution (especially [[METHANE]] - a powerful greenhouse gas)
	Maintained Dubuque county’s recycling rate above 25 percent		Maintained Dubuque county’s recycling rate above 25 percent
	Create a beneficial compost product for gardens and landscaping		Create a beneficial compost product for gardens and landscaping

Randylyon at 02:05, 11 July 2024

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	CURBSIDE FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING PROGRAM. Dubuque is the first Iowa city to offer a curbside food scrap recycling program. As of 2013 up to 300 households, businesses, and institutions were allowed by the State of Iowa to subscribe to this fee-based program. Subscribers were provided a 2-gallon KitchenCatcher and a 12-gallon, wheeled, GreenCart. The subscription for each GreenCart was $0.60 per month and was billed on the resident's City Utility Bill. Larger container options were available to business and institutional customers: 48 gal carts at $5.50 per month and 64 gallon carts at $8.50 per month.		CURBSIDE FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING PROGRAM. Dubuque was the first Iowa city to offer a curbside food scrap recycling program. As of 2013 up to 300 households, businesses, and institutions were allowed by the State of Iowa to subscribe to this fee-based program. Subscribers were provided a 2-gallon KitchenCatcher and a 12-gallon, wheeled, GreenCart. The subscription for each GreenCart was $0.60 per month and was billed on the resident's City Utility Bill. Larger container options were available to business and institutional customers: 48 gal carts at $5.50 per month and 64 gallon carts at $8.50 per month.

	The food scrap recycling program:		The food scrap recycling program:

	~~Extend~~ the landfill's life		Extended the landfill's life
	~~Reduce~~ pollution (especially methane - a powerful greenhouse gas)		Reduced pollution (especially methane - a powerful greenhouse gas)
	~~Maintain~~ Dubuque county’s recycling rate above 25 percent		Maintained Dubuque county’s recycling rate above 25 percent
	Create a beneficial compost product for gardens and landscaping		Create a beneficial compost product for gardens and landscaping


	According to the 2011 IDNR Waste analysis, 14% of the solid waste buried in the Dubuque Metro Landfill was food scraps, which could be processed into compost.		According to the 2011 IDNR Waste analysis, 14% of the solid waste buried in the Dubuque Metro Landfill was food scraps, which could be processed into compost.
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			Dubuque Website
	~~City of~~ Dubuque Website

	[[Category: Firsts]]		[[Category: Firsts]]
	[[Category: Recycling]]		[[Category: Recycling]]

Randylyon at 02:12, 12 June 2018

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	CURBSIDE FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING PROGRAM. Dubuque is the first Iowa city to offer a curbside food scrap recycling program. As of 2013 up to 300 households, businesses, and institutions were allowed by the State of Iowa to subscribe to this fee-based program. Subscribers were provided a 2-gallon KitchenCatcher and a 12-gallon, wheeled, GreenCart. The subscription for each GreenCart was $0.60 per month and was billed on ~~your~~ City Utility Bill. Larger container options were available to business and institutional customers: 48 gal carts at $5.50 per month and 64 gallon carts at $8.50 per month.		CURBSIDE FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING PROGRAM. Dubuque is the first Iowa city to offer a curbside food scrap recycling program. As of 2013 up to 300 households, businesses, and institutions were allowed by the State of Iowa to subscribe to this fee-based program. Subscribers were provided a 2-gallon KitchenCatcher and a 12-gallon, wheeled, GreenCart. The subscription for each GreenCart was $0.60 per month and was billed on the resident's City Utility Bill. Larger container options were available to business and institutional customers: 48 gal carts at $5.50 per month and 64 gallon carts at $8.50 per month.

	The food scrap recycling program:		The food scrap recycling program:

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CURBSIDE FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING PROGRAM. Dubuque is the first Iowa city to offer a curbside food scrap recycling program. As of 2013 up to 300 households, businesses, and institutions were allowed by the State of Iowa to subscribe to this fee-based program. Subscribers were provided a 2-gallon KitchenCatcher and a 12-gallon, wheeled, GreenCart. The subscription for each GreenCart was $0.60 per month and was billed on your City Utility Bill. Larger container options were available to business and institutional customers: 48 gal carts at $5.50 per month and 64 gallon carts at $8.50 per month.

The food scrap recycling program:

Extend the landfill's life
Reduce pollution (especially methane - a powerful greenhouse gas)
Maintain Dubuque county’s recycling rate above 25 percent
Create a beneficial compost product for gardens and landscaping

According to the 2011 IDNR Waste analysis, 14% of the solid waste buried in the Dubuque Metro Landfill was food scraps, which could be processed into compost.

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Source:

City of Dubuque Website

[[Category: Firsts]]
[[Category: Recycling]]