EcoMyths: Using a garbage disposal is greener than trash

vor 11 Jahren

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WBEZ's global affairs program. Featuring in-depth conversations about international issues and their local impact. Also, foreign film reviews and human rights commentaries. Hosted by Jerome McDonnell.

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vor 11 Jahren

For our regular EcoMyths segment, Kate Sackman of EcoMyths Alliance asks, “Is it better for the environment if food waste goes into our water system through our garbage disposals - or if it does more good when we just throw it in our garbage that ends up in landfills?” To help us figure out the answer we’ll talk with Eric Masanet, professor in Materials and Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, and Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University and Debra Shore, commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago.

(photo: from ecomythsalliance.org)