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Raleigh staff propose pilot at Yard Waste Center to test food-waste composting options
Summary
City staff presented a feasibility study showing food waste composes roughly a quarter of Raleigh's landfill inputs and recommended a small pilot at the Yard Waste Center to test collection and processing options before any large capital investment.
Gregory Jenkins II, interim director of Solid Waste Services, told the City Council the city began a formal feasibility assessment in 2024 to study adding food-waste composting to Raleigh's solid-waste operations.
The study found the city's landfill accepts over 99,000 tons a year and that "nearly 25% of the waste is food waste, and that's based off of information from Wake County and the EPA," Jenkins said. Staff estimated a conservative annual diversion of about 6% of food waste could extend landfill life and provide financial and environmental co-benefits.
Jenkins described two operational needs for composting: collection (how waste moves from residences or public sites…
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