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Posted on: August 17, 2021

Food Scrap Recycling Metrics for Maxwell Avenue Recycling Center

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Food Scrap Recycling Metrics for Maxwell Avenue Recycling Center

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Food scrap diversion has been going up! From January 2020 to July 8, 2021, the total food scrap diversion was 116.7 tons (233,438 lbs.). The year-to-date (YTD) total for 2021 is 43.5 tons (86,994 lbs.). The dotted trend line on a weekly basis has been upwards throughout the pandemic as shown below:

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