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Helping Montreal and other cities keep more institutional and commercial food waste out of the dump
Businesses and institutions in just 6% of Montreal's mapped area account for about 100,000 metric tons (110,000 tons) of food waste sent to landfill each year—half of the total amount from nonhousehold sources in the city as a whole…
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Businesses and institutions in just 6% of Montreal's mapped area account for about 100,000 metric tons (110,000 tons) of food waste sent to landfill each year—half of the total amount from nonhousehold sources in the city as a whole, McGill University researchers found. Food service and retail businesses were found to be the biggest contributors. Montreal's organic waste collection programs currently focus on households, and waste audits generally only report citywide totals, which can obscure which zones or boroughs produce the most waste, said Xiaowen Ni, lead author and Ph.D.
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