Composting /tags/composting Composting en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 16:49:25 GMT Austin FC says Q2 is the first soccer stadium in the world to be considered 'zero waste' /energy-environment/2024-09-30/q2-stadium-first-soccer-stadium-in-the-world-to-be-considered-zero-waste Over 20,000 people on average attend Austin FC home games, and they generate about 6 tons of waste per game. After each game, staff spend hours hand-sorting the trash, recycling and compost. Mon, 30 Sep 2024 16:49:25 GMT /energy-environment/2024-09-30/q2-stadium-first-soccer-stadium-in-the-world-to-be-considered-zero-waste Katy McAfee Austin apartments must offer compost collection starting Oct. 1, but many landlords don't know /housing/2024-09-27/austin-apartments-must-offer-compost-collection-starting-oct-1-but-many-landlords-dont-know If you’re looking forward to sorting through your food scraps next week, you might have to wait a little longer. While the requirement technically goes into effect Tuesday, many apartment buildings will be slow to adopt the change, if at all. Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:01:00 GMT /housing/2024-09-27/austin-apartments-must-offer-compost-collection-starting-oct-1-but-many-landlords-dont-know Katy McAfee Recycling, trash or compost? An Austin sixth grader is using AI to sort his school's garbage. /education/2024-05-10/recycling-trash-or-compost-an-austin-sixth-grader-is-using-ai-to-sort-his-schools-garbage Cyril said sorting trash left something to be desired, so he's writing a computer program to help his classmates determine which bin to use. Fri, 10 May 2024 10:01:00 GMT /education/2024-05-10/recycling-trash-or-compost-an-austin-sixth-grader-is-using-ai-to-sort-his-schools-garbage Becky Fogel Compost collection at apartments and condos is coming to Austin next year /austin/2023-09-21/compost-collection-apartments-condos-austin-resource-recovery-zero-waste More than half of Austin residents live in multifamily complexes, but most don’t have composting services, according to Austin Resource Recovery. Thu, 21 Sep 2023 21:39:20 GMT /austin/2023-09-21/compost-collection-apartments-condos-austin-resource-recovery-zero-waste Chelsey Zhu Tired of wasting food? Here's how to start composting in Austin. /energy-environment/2023-07-24/austin-texas-how-to-compost-composting-food By collecting food scraps and yard waste for compost, you save them from a landfill. Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:01:00 GMT /energy-environment/2023-07-24/austin-texas-how-to-compost-composting-food Mia Abbe This nonprofit wants to reduce plastic waste one Austin business at a time /energy-environment/2023-04-20/this-nonprofit-wants-to-reduce-plastic-waste-one-austin-business-at-a-time Only a small fraction of plastic waste in the U.S. ends up being recycled. The Plastic Reduction Project wants to help people in Austin rely less on the plastic containers, forks, cups and bags we use once and then toss out. Thu, 20 Apr 2023 10:01:00 GMT /energy-environment/2023-04-20/this-nonprofit-wants-to-reduce-plastic-waste-one-austin-business-at-a-time Marisa Charpentier The journey of a banana peel: What happens to all that stuff you throw in compost bins in Austin? /energy-environment/2023-04-19/the-journey-of-a-banana-peel-what-happens-to-all-that-stuff-you-throw-in-compost-bins-in-austin Every week banana peels, coffee grounds, moldy strawberries and pizza boxes are placed in green bins and rolled out to the street as part of the city's residential composting program. Wed, 19 Apr 2023 10:01:00 GMT /energy-environment/2023-04-19/the-journey-of-a-banana-peel-what-happens-to-all-that-stuff-you-throw-in-compost-bins-in-austin Sangita Menon More than a decade in, Austin is not meeting its 'zero waste' goals � and we're not even close /energy-environment/2023-04-17/more-than-a-decade-in-austin-is-not-meeting-its-zero-waste-goals-and-were-not-even-close Austin City Council passed an ambitious plan in 2011 to divert most of the city's waste from landfills by 2040. Despite recycling and composting strategies, we're nowhere near where we should be. Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:05:00 GMT /energy-environment/2023-04-17/more-than-a-decade-in-austin-is-not-meeting-its-zero-waste-goals-and-were-not-even-close Matt Largey In Its Final Phase, Austin's Composting Program Expands To More Than 200,000 Homes /energy-environment/2021-01-05/in-its-final-phase-austins-composting-program-expands-to-more-than-200-000-homes The City of Austin is finalizing a four-year rollout of its curbside composting program, adding 55,000 homes by mid-February. Tue, 05 Jan 2021 21:33:09 GMT /energy-environment/2021-01-05/in-its-final-phase-austins-composting-program-expands-to-more-than-200-000-homes Audrey McGlinchy Some Austin Restaurant Owners May Find New Composting Rules Hard To Stomach /business/2018-10-05/some-austin-restaurant-owners-may-find-new-composting-rules-hard-to-stomach All Austin businesses with a permit to sell food are now required to divert organic waste from landfills, but some restaurant owners say they didn’t get� Fri, 05 Oct 2018 23:22:54 GMT /business/2018-10-05/some-austin-restaurant-owners-may-find-new-composting-rules-hard-to-stomach DaLyah Jones