The 2011 Longview Art and World Music Festival will be KC’s first ‘Zero to Landfill’ festival event
LEE’S SUMMIT, MO: As patrons visit the 2011 Longview Art & World Music Festival, they will notice right off something is missing -- trash cans. Why, you might ask? Because 100% of the food waste, trash and disposed products generated at the event will be recycled. Aluminum cans and other metal will be sold for scrap, glass will be recycled into fiberglass... [Read more...]
Did you know that Missouri Organic Recycling has a program to deal with food waste? According to a recent survey by Franklin & Associates, over 170,980 tons of food waste entered land fills in the Kansas City metropolitan area in a single year. That's a lot of potentially valuable organic material going to waste in our local landfills. Fortunately, we started... [Read more...]
Every once in a while, we’d like to remind you of what we do here at Missouri Organic Recycling. For those of you who don't know, we produce our very own compost and mulch just for you! Our process is eco-friendly in many ways. Most of all, our work helps to avoid wasting thousands of cubic yards of local green waste from landfills and illegal dumping each... [Read more...]
