Target wasteThose sanitation systems give cities a lot of control over what happens to discarded food, and some are cracking down on waste. Seoul, South Korea, for example, charges a fee for food waste. The city also has over 6,000 automated bins where residents can weigh their food waste and pay their fees, according to the World Economic Forum. Seoul now recycles 95 percent of its food waste, up from less than 2 percent in 1995. The right kind of food composting system produces lower emissions than a similar volume of food in a landfill, and you get something useful from composting: fertilizer.

Source: International New York Times December 11, 2019 19:51 UTC