~ turn your kitchen scraps into healthier soils ~
Join our community of composters and help divert tons of food waste from Tennessee landfills!
Click on your county below to get started:
- Anderson
- Bedford
- Benton
- Bledsoe
- Blount
- Bradley
- Campbell
- Cannon
- Carroll
- Carter
- Cheatham
- Chester
- Clay
- Claiborne
- Cocke
- Coffee
- Crockett
- Cumberland
- Davidson
- Decatur
- Dekalb
- Dickerson
- Dyer
- Fayette
- Fentress
- Franklin
- Gibson
- Giles
- Grainger
- Greene
- Grundy
- Hamblen
- Hamilton
- Hancock
- Hardeman
- Hardin
- Hawkins
- Haywood
- Henderson
- Henry
- Hickman
- Houston
- Humphreys
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Johnson
- Knox
- Lake
- Lauderdale
- Lawrence
- Lewis
- Lincoln
- Loudon
- McMinn
- McNairy
- Macon
- Madison
- Marion
- Marshall
- Maury
- Meigs
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Moore
- Morgan
- Obion
- Overton
- Perry
- Pickett
- Polk
- Putnam
- Rhea
- Roane
- Robertson
- Rutherford
- Scott
- Sequatchie
- Sevier
- Shelby
- Smith
- Stewart
- Sullivan
- Sumner
- Tipton
- Trousdale
- Unicoi
- Union
- Van Buren
- Warren
- Washington
- Wayne
- Weakley
- White
- Williamson
- Wilson
Lbs of food waste composted in Tennessee
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Why does composting matter? Food represents the single largest occupant in U.S. landfills, yet only 3% of it is composted. Getting food to our tables... * Eats up 10% of total U.S. energy budget * Uses 50% of U.S. land * Swallows 80% of freshwater consumed in the U.S. YET, * Up to 40% of food in the U.S. today goes uneaten * Averaging about 20 lbs wasted per person every month * Hitting an estimated $165 billion a year thrown out If that's not enough... * 1 in 8 Americans face food insecurity (according to a NRDC food waste report) Let's cut the scrap and get involved! |
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For those who are interested in composting at their business or workplace, click here.
This project was funded under an organics management grant from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.
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