{"id":7071,"date":"2014-11-19T18:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T01:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/sustainability\/blog\/?p=7071"},"modified":"2014-11-19T18:00:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T01:00:04","slug":"question-of-the-week-holiday-food-scraps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/2014\/11\/19\/question-of-the-week-holiday-food-scraps\/","title":{"rendered":"Question of the Week: Holiday Food Scraps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ChicoBag-win-me\"<\/a>Time for our Question of the Week!<\/p>\n

The first person to provide a correct answer will win\u00a0a\u00a0reusable OSU ChicoBag, like the one pictured here.<\/p>\n

Submit your answer here (\u201cLeave a Reply,\u201d below<\/strong>) or on our\u00a0Facebook<\/a> page. Only one post per person, please.<\/p>\n

Question of the Week<\/h3>\n

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?<\/span><\/p>\n

Answer<\/span><\/h3>\n

Congratulations to Danielle for winning this week’s Question! Their answer to this week’s Question was “Compost.”<\/p>\n

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

Here are a few other ways to avoid wasting food during the holidays:<\/p>\n