Criner & Blackmer study cited in BDN article.

It should come as no surprise that Mainers, like most Americans, throw away more food than anything else. But no widespread effort has taken hold in Maine to divert more food and organics from landfills and incinerators. About 43 percent of what Mainers send to landfills and incinerators is compostable, […] Source: What it would read more Criner & Blackmer study cited in BDN article.