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In Seattle, Throwing Away Food May Cost You

Picture: Nature Melissa Kravitz - If you had to pay for every food scrap in your garbage bag, would you really scrape those last bits of spaghetti into the trash? In Seattle U.S. a new law makes eaters question how they deal with food waste. As of January 2015, home owners and apartment tenants who throw away food will be fined. The policy works like this: after receiving two warnings for having food waste in their trash, a $1 fine will be imposed on homes and $50 on businesses with dumpsters. But how do collectors...