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The Daily Free Press

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The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has implemented a food waste ban with the goal of regulating waste and encouraging more ecofriendly practices, such as composting. GRAPHIC BY SAMANTHA GROSS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Statewide food waste ban reduces waste accumulation, encourages composting

Alexandra David October 23, 2014

A first-in-the-nation, statewide food waste ban has been implemented in Massachusetts in an effort to reduce the Commonwealth’s waste accumulation by using composting and energy-generating technology. Each...

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