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Environmental board wins council backing for free food‑waste diversion pilot with 0Waste
Summary
Bellaire's Environmental Sustainability Board will run an eight‑week public education and drop‑off pilot with 0Waste to demonstrate curbside/collection options for compostable food waste; the vendor is providing the outreach pilot at no cost to the city.
Bellaire — The City Council on Jan. 6 signaled support for an eight‑week educational pilot to promote food‑waste diversion, with the Environmental Sustainability Board (ESB) partnering with local firm 0Waste to run neighborhood drop‑off events and collect data on resident interest.
Giles Dunn, chair of the ESB, presented the proposal and said 0Waste will provide materials, buckets and pick‑up infrastructure at no cost to the city for the pilot. “The whole program has been offered to us for free,” Dunn said. The pilot would run on…
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