When food scraps go into landfill, they are typically buried and, without oxygen, cannot break down

"when food scraps go into landfill, they are typically buried and, without oxygen, cannot break down properly. This produces methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide."

"Getting Rewards for Food Scraps," Solutions (2013): 6.

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