Dive Summary:

• Wisconsin's Sendik's Food Markets and Waste Management have teamed to launch a program to compost discarded produce and flower arrangements
• In a short test, the program has already colleceted more than 7,600 pounds of organic materials.  These materials will eventually be used as compost for landscaping.
• This program adds to Sendik's environmental mission.  The store already aggressively recycles items such as cardboard and donates other food items to Feeding America.
   

From the article:

Sendik's Food Markets and Waste Management have launched a program to convert discarded produce scraps and flower stems from 10 area Sendik's stores into compost for landscaping.

The companies began testing the program on June 4 at the Sendik's store in Germantown. The program already has recovered more than 7,600 pounds of compostable material, Ted Balistreri, one of the family co-owners of Sendik's Food Markets, said in a statement Thursday announcing the program.

The bulk of the products that are being composted are such items as watermelon and cantaloupe rinds as well as corn husks that are left over from some of the store's prepared fresh produce products, said Nick Bandoch, communications manager for Sendik's Food Markets.