Letting food scraps decompose in landfills without the benefit of oxygen emits methane, a greenhouse gas. Composting does not.

Can We Compost Like South Korea?

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In Seoul, South Korea, ninety-five per cent of food waste is recycled—a stark contrast to New York City, which has diverted only a fraction of organic waste from landfills. Rivka Galchen, novelist, journalist and frequent contributor to The New Yorker, talks about her latest reporting on both cities and what we can learn from Seoul.

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