Metro Nashville Tests Residential Food Scraps Collection.

The article focuses on the initiation of a pilot residential food scraps collection program by the Division of Waste Services in Nashville, Tennessee, involving 750 single-family homes since October 2023. Topics include the program's weekly collection by Compost Nashville, the inclusion of soiled paper and BPI-certified compostable products, and the motivations behind the pilot as part of Nashville's Zero Waste Master Plan to increase waste diversion and address limited landfill capacity.