BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — More Buffalo residents now have the chance to turn food waste into nutrient-rich compost, as the city expands its “scrap-it” curbside compost collection program to keep more food waste out of landfills.
The weekly curbside pickup program has been piloted since 2023 for 2,000 single-family households across Buffalo, with 1.7 million pounds diverted from landfill in that time according to Terra Courtney, a worker owner at Farmer Pirates LLC which runs the program.
“So that’s a lot of food waste,” Courtney said…