CFAES’s Chadwick Arboretum in Columbus is offering free recycling of plastic plant pots, cell packs and trays on Saturday, June 16.
solid waste management
He’s working to help all of us cut food waste
“A lot of people say, ‘Oh, they waste so much food at restaurants and supermarkets. I’ve seen the dumpsters at the back of the stores. It’s terrible.’ In truth, it’s consumers in households where most of the food waste occurs.” So says Brian Roe, pictured, professor in CFAES’s Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, who studies food waste and how to reduce it and leads the Ohio State Food Waste Collaborative.