Municipal Compost Public Health, Waste Management, and Urban Agriculture: A Decadal Study of Fugitive Pb in City of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Abstract Compostable materials constitute roughly half of waste generated globally, but only 5% of waste is actually processed through composting, suggesting that expanding compost programs may be an effective way to process waste. Compostable waste, if properly collected and processed, has value‐ad...
Main Authors: | Chansie Yang, Claire Hayhow, Emma Jackman, Danielle Andrews, Daniel Brabander |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2024-03-01
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Series: | GeoHealth |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GH000810 |
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