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Commission updates on tailgate recycling, food-waste pilots and county grant funding
Summary
The waste-management working group reported on expanded recycling at IU tailgates, pilot food-waste programs (Bokashi), festival composting work and a $20,000 grant fund from the Waste Reduction District of Monroe County to support similar projects.
The Bloomington Commission on Sustainability received a report from the waste-management working group on ongoing recycling and food-waste diversion pilots and new funding from the county waste reduction district.
Commissioner Matt Austin, who led the update, said Sustainable IU is piloting an expanded recycling program at football tailgates and is recruiting volunteers to serve as "waste ambassadors" to help divert recyclables and keep litter off the ground. "We're essentially trying to revamp and scale up our recycling waste…
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