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Q Center Spotlight

by Illinois Food Scrap Coalition | Nov 25, 2014 | Case Studies, Waste Reduction

Q Center is one of the world’s largest meeting facilities and has a long history of environmental excellence. Currently, 80% of the waste generated at Q is diverted from the landfill through recycling and composting programs. In 2011, Q Center’s food service...

Why Do You Compost? [Video]

by Illinois Food Scrap Coalition | Oct 16, 2014 | Education and Outreach, IFSC News

There are so many wonderful reasons to take on composting. If you have not tried composting to date, here are some great reasons to start. It’s good for the environment. Why send food scraps to the landfill when there are better uses for it? Composting means...

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