Food waste at the Songpa waste treatment facility is dumped into hoppers in July. Seoul, a city of 10 million people, produces 2,500 tons of food waste daily. (Jean Chung / For The Times) Striding ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Food waste at the Songpa waste treatment facility is dumped into hoppers in July. Seoul, a city of 10 million people, produces ...