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Don’t make any. There…I said it. And it feels good to even say that out loud!! Let alone walk into 2021 without any resolutions on my brain. And you betcha…if you don’t make any, you won’t fail!

Hey swrmers! Welcome back to the Hive. A few weeks ago, we spoke with William Klimpert, Common Ground Compost’s resident data and waste management expert about composting in New York City. But there’ve been some huge changes in the world since then. So, today, we’re here with Meredith Danberg-Ficarelli, the Director of Common Ground Compost, to talk about those changes and what the future of composting looks like in the Big Apple.

When we discuss climate change, most of our focus is on carbon dioxide or CO2 emissions. But today, we’re talking about methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide. So, why don’t we hear more about it?

Police of a little-noticed 2018 methane leak at an Exxon Mobil site in Ohio was one of the worst in recent memory, outpacing the methane emissions from the entire oil and gas industries of many countries.

When we discuss climate change, most of our focus is on carbon dioxide or CO2 emissions. But why don’t we talk about other heat trapping gases such as Methane (CH4), Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Nitrous Oxide (N2O)? The short answer is there is more CO2 in the atmosphere than any other greenhouse gas at around 80% of total emissions. But did you know, methane is over 80 times more potent than CO2?

We have food waste on the brain. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, an estimated 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted globally each year – one third of all food produced for human consumption. So, today, we’re talking with William Klimpert from Common Ground Compost about how to turn our waste not back into want not.

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Composting with William Klimpert of Common Ground Compost