Kansas City Table Scraps Save The Planet?!?

Possibly . . .

Either way, we admire this local biz for helping to clean up and . . . Even more importantly . . . Wipe away so much guilt from our middle-class friends . . . Check-it: 

"KC Can Compost services hundreds of commercial and residential customers throughout the Greater Kansas City region and operates residential drop-offs sites around the city. To date, the venture has diverted 5,524,309 pounds of the region’s food waste from landfills, preventing 3,949,881 net pounds of CO2 from entering the atmosphere, according to Chamberlain.

"If a family of four produces about 20 pounds or more of food waste a week, she added, keeping that amount away from a landfill can prevent about 745 pounds of CO2 from entering the atmosphere annually."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Neighborhood smart cans help Kansas Citians save the planet from their kitchens

Newly introduced composting technology is already turning new ground in Kansas City, Kristan Chamberlain said, with more solar-powered compost cans arriving later this spring across the metro's urban landscape.