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Chicago expands food scrap drop-off program to more library branches

Oversees the food scrap drop-off program

Chicago residents can now haul kitchen scraps to 40 free drop-off sites citywide, 21 of them at public library branches. The Department of Streets and Sanitation added eight library sites in the week before the report, extending a program that began in October 2023 with 15 locations.

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"We just really wanted to expand and provide additional opportunities all across the city," Sauve said.

from Chicago expands food scrap drop-off program to more library branches · Updated 1 hour ago

"Food waste is something that’s coming pretty much from everyone’s kitchen, everyone’s home all throughout the week."

from Chicago expands food scrap drop-off program to more library branches · Updated 1 hour ago