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NY Bikers Aim to Lower Food Waste through Solar-Powered Composting Facilities

September 11, 2022

The average American produces just under five pounds of waste each day. One pound of that is food waste.  That’s more than any other nationality. New solutions are needed, especially as the garbage increasingly ends up in low-income neighborhoods. Soledad O’Brien takes a closer look at the process used by B-K Rot bikers in Brooklyn to make a business out of taking the waste to solar-powered composting facilities.

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