What I learned at the 2019 NYC Food Waste Fair
Growing up in the suburbs outside of New York City, I had never seen a compost bin. Throwing paper towels, egg shells, and banana peels in the trash was second-nature to me. When I went to college, I became more in touch with the impact of what we throw away but it wasn’t until I moved to Seattle that I experienced a not-so-rude awakening — my curbside trash bin was the height of small toddler. In adjusting…
