CALIFORNIA CITY ADVANCES COMMERCIAL 0RGANICS RECYCLING

摘要

THE City of Cupertino, California has received national recognition for its innovative program to reduce landfilling of food waste. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) presented Cupertino with the EPA's Food Recovery Challenge's national Innovation Award for integrating its ambitious food waste reduction goals with its waste hauler, Re-cology South Bay, and helping train local businesses to collect their food waste for composting. The City received the award at an event on December 17, 2013 at Marina Food, a Cupertino supermarket.