Tackling food waste in northeast Illinois
Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) graduate student Suzanne Waite of Elmhurst, Illinois, published an opinion piece in the Elmhurst Patch.
Tackling food waste in northeast Illinois
Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) graduate student Suzanne Waite of Elmhurst, Illinois, published an opinion piece in the Elmhurst Patch. In "Curbside Composting Service is Available in Elmhurst!" Waite writes that food waste accounts for a large percentage of solid waste in landfills and contributes to climate change by producing greenhouse gas emissions when it's landfilled. Curbside composting offers a way for us to help reduce the amount of organic waste going into landfills, reduce our global footprint, and help the environment. "There are so many benefits to composting ... and signing up is easy," she shares. Waite's experiential learning takes place at Brookfield Zoo Chicago.
As a student in Miami's biology department, Waite is earning a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Biology through Project Dragonfly's AIP.