Source reduction, recycling and composting took on even greater significance with the release of a new research study, Stop Trashing The Climate. Issued on June 5th - World Environment Day - the study concludes that increased recycling and composting are easily-achievable and essential measures to help meet greenhouse gas reduction targets being debated in the U.S. Congress. "Along with waste prevention, expanded recycling and composting can have the same climate protection impact as closing 21 percent of the nation's 417 coal-burning power plants," says Brenda Platt of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and a coauthor of Stop Trashing The Climate, noting that coal combustion is the ...

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