National Press Club Increases Sustainability Efforts with Composting

The National Press Club is composting? It's true! The National Press Club has contracted with EnviRelation of Washington, D.C. and separates all food waste into different containers. Food scraps and post consumer food waste are picked up daily and taken to a nearby composting facility. They expect the program to save two tons of waste from going into the landfills.

The club added this service as the next step in increasing its level of sustainability. By keeping the food waste out of landfills it decreases the greenhouse gasses caused by its operations. Food waste put into landfills permanently takes it out of the life cycle, unnecessarily loads landfills and is a contributor to greenhouse gasses. Food waste in the anaerobic state of a landfill creates methane gas, which, according to the EPA, is 21 times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

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