The Seattle City Council has decreed that recycling of food waste will become mandatory for residents by April 2009. Seattle City Council Member Richard Conlin said food waste is one of the biggest components of garbage coming out of Seattle and going to a landfill in Arlington. According to the US EPA, more than a quarter of America's food, or about 48 million tons per year, goes to waste in fields, commercial kitchens, manufacturing plants, markets, schools, and restaurants. Currently, less than 3 percent of it is recycled through composting.
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