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 # Keep Charleston Beautiful, Compost Rangers Help Alleviate Local Food Waste

 


 

 Jan 6, 2017 4:15 PM ET

  Campaign:  [Keep America Beautiful Affiliate Stories](/news/campaign/keep-america-beautiful-affiliate-stories)  ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/AffiliateUpdate_KeepCharlestonBeautiful_CompostRangers.jpg "A Compost Ranger teaches Charleston, S.C., schoolchildren about composting.") 

 

 ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/KCB_CompostRangers_5.jpg "Keep Charleston Beautiful composting cubes at Mitchell Elementary School.") 

 

 ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/KCB_CompostRangers_6.jpg "New bikes and trailors to transport compost from the collaborating restaurants to compost cubes at Charleston, S.C.,  schools and community garden.") 

 

 

        

 

 

 



     ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/AffiliateUpdate_KeepCharlestonBeautiful_CompostRangers.jpg?h=8abcec71 "A Compost Ranger teaches Charleston, S.C., schoolchildren about composting.")   ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/KCB_CompostRangers_5.jpg?h=3cd06fc8 "Keep Charleston Beautiful composting cubes at Mitchell Elementary School.")   ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/KCB_CompostRangers_6.jpg?h=4521fff0 "New bikes and trailors to transport compost from the collaborating restaurants to compost cubes at Charleston, S.C.,  schools and community garden.")  

   

 

There’s little doubt that Charleston, South Carolina, has a national reputation as a great “food town.” And, yet, like many cities and towns throughout the U.S., it struggles with an equally prevalent food problem.



Among two food-related issues Charleston aims to address are: 1) lack of accessibility to fresh affordable produce in low socio-economic status neighborhoods, and 2) lack of community-wide education about the benefits of food recycling/composting.

That’s why [Keep Charleston Beautiful](http://www.charleston-sc.gov/index.aspx?NID=264) (KCB) and its volunteers, armed with a Keep America Beautiful/Lowe’s Community Partners Grant, began working with The Compost Rangers in connecting schools, restaurants and local businesses to a grassroots compost initiative in Charleston.

[Continue reading here.](https://www.kab.org/news-info/affiliate-updates/keep-charleston-beautiful-compost-rangers-help-alleviate-local-food)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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