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Re:Food waste responsible for 10% of global emissions? by ineedasername on Friday April 09, 2021 @06:51PM (#26757178)
I mentioned composting: Composting produces significantly lower amounts of greenhouse gasses compared to simply letting the food decompose in a trash heap: https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument?id=198
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Re:Food waste responsible for 10% of global emissions? by AstralStorm on Saturday April 10, 2021 @11:40AM (#26762275)
And if you do it very well, you can recapture almost all emitted methane, using it as an efficient fuel in fuel cells. (Preferably, rather than just burning it.) It's a very clean source.
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