-: When most people look at trash or food waste,
they don't see it as a resource,
but really this is a resource that we could be retaining
within our community
to create community wealth and community jobs.
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CERO Cooperative stands for
Cooperative Energy Recycling and Organics.
We are a multilingual cooperative
that helps institutions and businesses
recycle food waste at local farms.
Conversely, we bring the food waste
as a compost soil product back to the city
where urban agricultural hotspots
can use it to grow new food from yesterday's food scraps.
Massachusetts, just in the commercial sector,
is creating over 300 tons of food waste a week.
CERO is a triple bottom line company,
not only do we think about providing benefits
for our clients in successful composting program
and helping them save money,
but we're also thinking about what benefits
we can provide to the environment
when we re-earth that food waste
and basically mitigate climate change,
but also creating living wage, worker-owned jobs
in Boston's underserved communities
that allow people to access economic justice
through worker ownership.
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