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The article offers information on the Food and Organic Waste Recycling Program (FORK), for turning the food waste into nutrient-rich, certified-organic compost for farmers, landscapers and general public. It states that the program manages 270,000 tons of waste Modestans produce every year. It mentions that it also recycles scrap metal, household hazardous waste, oil filters and tires. It presents that food and yard waste, and paper products account for more than 66 percent of residential waste.

The article presents statistics on a variety of topics including the amount of papers used to print U.S. newspapers annually, the percentage of newspaper recycled each year, and the number of single-serving bottles of water sold in the U.S.