Ecologue

Time for our Question of the Week!

The first person to provide a correct answer will win a reusable OSU ChicoBag, like the one pictured here.

Submit your answer here (“Leave a Reply,” below) or on our Facebook page. Only one post per person, please.

Question of the Week

Food waste made up 21% of all of the municipal solid waste disposed of at landfills in 2012. What is one way to avoid sending your holiday food scraps to the landfill?

Answer

Congratulations to Danielle for winning this week’s Question! Their answer to this week’s Question was “Compost.”

ALL food scraps may be put into the curbside Mixed Organics carts in Corvallis, including meat and dairy products. The mixed organics are then composted at the PRC in a time frame of 90 days.

Here are a few other ways to avoid wasting food during the holidays:

• Use leftovers and trimmings to make stock for soup
• Feed leftovers to animals, such as pets and livestock
• Donate unopened perishables to local non-profits
• Encourage guests to bring reusable tupperware so that they can take home leftovers