Georgia cities trying out composting to combat food waste and climate change

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Most people don’t pay much attention to where trash goes after a garbage truck picks it up. But as the director of Athens-Clarke County Waste Management, Suki Janssen does.

“When you manage a landfill, some of the most expensive costs aside from equipment and people is managing leachate, which is garbage juice,” she said.