Compost

As part of a waste diversion effort, more than 3 tons of pumpkin waste are being composted in Traverse City.

The city's new composter is one piece of a larger effort to reduce food waste and cut down on greenhouse gas emissions from landfills in northern Michigan.

Michigan has a goal of cutting its food waste in half by 2030, and that includes composting.

This week: Protips for composting in Leelanau County, and another episode of "Stories that Heal." Plus, some sounds from Juneteenth in Traverse City.

Last month, the Leelanau County Solid Waste Council held a workshop at the Poor Farm Barn to help explain some of the twists and turns of composting.

So far about a dozen of Traverse City's downtown restaurants have said they are interested in composting.