A small Juneau start-up is proving that household composting works. Lisa Daugherty of Juneau Composts! is already receiving accolades for her subscription-based service that’s keeping tons of green waste out of the landfill.
Talking Trash
Talking Trash: You bought it. You tossed it. Now rural towns struggle to ship it out
A lot of hazardous waste shouldn’t be tossed in a landfill. So at great expense, small municipalities are stuck trying to fix the problem.
Talking Trash: In Ketchikan, you can salvage stuff from the landfill
In Ketchikan, people can come up to the landfill and take what they want, which saves the city time, space and money.
Talking Trash: Follow the garbage Southeast ships south
When you toss a candy wrapper in the trash in five Southeast Alaska communities, you’re sending it on a thousand-mile journey to a Lower 48 landfill.