Paper-based compostable capsules of Nespresso coffee, part of food giant Nestle, are seen during a media opportunity in Vevey, Switzerland, November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Paper-based compostable capsules of Nespresso coffee, part of food giant Nestle, are seen during a media opportunity in Vevey, Switzerland, November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Paper-based compostable capsules of Nespresso coffee, part of food giant Nestle, are seen during a media opportunity in Vevey, Switzerland, November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Paper-based compostable capsules of Nespresso coffee, part of food giant Nestle, are seen during a media opportunity in Vevey, Switzerland, November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Fresh compost made from food scraps and green waste is loaded onto a truck before being sent to a farm at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

Freshly finished compost is held in Robert Reed’s hands before it is loaded into trucks to be shipped out at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

Large piles of freshly finished compost wait to be loaded onto trucks before being sent to local farms and vineyards at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

A compostable plastic bag full of food scraps is seen alongside non-compostable plastic bags in a recently received truckload of food waste at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

A large truck dumps 45,000 pounds of food waste from the city of San Francisco for processing into compost at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

A large pile of freshly finished compost waits to be loaded onto trucks at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

A large truck dumps 45,000 pounds of food waste from the city of San Francisco for processing into compost at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

A large pumpkin is seen amongst other food scraps that were received from the city of San Francisco for compost processing at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

Birds fly above steaming piles of compost that are being aerated during processing at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A large truck dumps 45,000 pounds of food waste from the city of San Francisco for processing into compost at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

Steam rises off of piles of compost as it cures before the final step of compost processing at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

A box of frozen lobster tails is seen amongst other food scraps that were received from the city of San Francisco for compost processing at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

Steam rises off of piles of compost as it cures before the final step of compost processing at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

Steam rises off of piles of compost as it cures before the final step of compost processing at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

Steam rises off of piles of compost as it cures before the final step of compost processing at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

Large claw scoops carry food scraps and compost waste onto the presorting conveyor belts before being processed into compost at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

A large smashed pumpkin lies amongst other food scraps and compost waste waiting to be presorted and processed at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

Large piles of food scraps and compost waste are carried by mechanical scoops onto the presorting conveyor belts before being processed into compost at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

Food scraps and compost waste are gathered to be presorted and processed at Recology Blossom Valley Organics North near Vernalis, California, U.S., November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

Eric Aldo takes some compost after bringing his food scraps to Compost Culture, a high-school students run organization that collects food waste to turn it into compost, at the South Pasadena farmers market, in South Pasadena, California, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

Chris Liebe and Claire Wang, members of Compost Culture, a high-school students run organization that collects food scraps to turn it into compost, speak with a visitor at the South Pasadena farmers market, in South Pasadena, California, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

Dorothy Han speaks with Claire Wang, an organizer of Compost Culture, a high-school students run organization that collects food scraps to turn it into compost, after bringing her food waste, at the South Pasadena farmers market, in South Pasadena, California, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

Ethan Mora, Chris Liebe and Claire Wang, members of Compost Culture, a high-school students run organization that collect food waste to turn it into compost, set up their stand at the South Pasadena market, in South Pasadena, California, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

Daniel Freysson writes and stamps the booklet of Eric Aldo (not pictured), which takes track of the amount of food scraps he brought to Compost Culture, a high-school students run organization that collects food waste to turn it into compost, at the South Pasadena farmers market, in South Pasadena, California, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

Chris Liebe and Claire Wang, members of Compost Culture, a high-school students run organization that collects food scraps to turn it into compost, shred cardboard at the South Pasadena farmers market, in South Pasadena, California, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

The Compost Culture stand, a high-school students run organization that collects food waste to turn it into compost, is seen on the left of a statue, at the South Pasadena farmers market, in South Pasadena, California, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

Ethan Mora and Claire Wang, members of Compost Culture, a high-school students run organization that collects food waste to turn it into compost, set up their stand at the South Pasadena farmers market, in South Pasadena, California, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

Ethan Mora and Claire Wang, members of Compost Culture, a high-school students run organization that collects food waste to turn it into compost, help a local resident who brought his food scrap at the South Pasadena farmers market, in South Pasadena, California, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

Food scraps collected by Compost Culture, a high-school students run organization that collects food waste to turn it into compost, is seen at the South Pasadena farmers market, in South Pasadena, California, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

Eric Aldo, brings his food scraps to Compost Culture, a high-school students run organization that collects food waste to turn it into compost, while Claire Wang, a member of the organization, helps, at the South Pasadena farmers market, in South Pasadena, California, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

C.J., 11, brings his food scraps to Compost Culture, a high-school students run organization that collects food waste to turn it into compost, as Claire Wang, a member of the organization, looks on, at the South Pasadena farmers market, in South Pasadena, California, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

Richard Redmond brings his food scraps to Compost Culture, a high-school students run organization that collects food waste to turn it into compost, as Claire Wang and Daniel Freysson look on, at the South Pasadena farmers market, in South Pasadena, California, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

Daniel Freysson, Ethan Mora, Chris Liebe and Claire Wang, organizers of Compost Culture, a high-school students run organization that collects food waste to turn it into compost, pose in front of their booth at the South Pasadena farmers market, in South Pasadena, California, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

Daniel Freysson, Chris Liebe, Claire Wang and Ethan Mora, organizers of Compost Culture, a high-school students run organization that collects food waste to turn it into compost, leave at the end of their shift, at the South Pasadena farmers market, in South Pasadena, California, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

Claire Wang and Ethan Mora, members of Compost Culture, a high-school students run organization that collects food waste to turn it into compost, prepare a bag of compost, at the South Pasadena farmers market, in South Pasadena, California, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

A local resident brings her food scraps to Compost Culture, a high-school students run organization that collects food waste to turn it into compost, while Claire Wang, a member of the organization, helps, at the South Pasadena farmers market, in South Pasadena, California, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

Compost brought by Compost Culture, a high-school students run organization that collects food waste to turn it into compost, is seen at the South Pasadena farmers market, in South Pasadena, California, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

Demonstrators plant a tree during a protest against climate change called by the organization Fridays For Future, in Santiago, Chile, September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Ailen Diaz 

The indoor food waste smart composter from Panasonic is on display the international consumer technology fair IFA in Berlin, Germany September 2, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Sr. Lily Scullion empties a box of insect-eaten fallen apples into the compost box on the farm at St. Mary's Abbey, an enclosed order of Trappistine nuns, in Glencairn, Ireland August 30, 2022. The monastery uses green energy and sustainable farming to try to make itself self sufficient for both heating and food. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

A woman looks up to the art piece compostable toilet by Cinema Caravan and Takashi Kuribayashi during the preview of the art exhibition 'Documenta Fifteen' in Kassel, Germany, June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Dewi Sinta, 36, scoops compost from dead skin and feces maggots at her house in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 1, 2021. Picture taken December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana 

German Viasus Tibamoso, founder of Tierra Viva, waits for a truck loaded with organic waste that will later be used to produce bio-compost and biofertilizer with the help of beetle larvae, in a production plant, in Tunja, Colombia, October 8, 2021. Picture taken October 8, 2021. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez 

Beetle larvae are seen on organic waste covered with soil to produce bio-compost, at Tierra Viva's production plant, in Tunja, Colombia, October 8, 2021. Picture taken October 8, 2021. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez 

German Viasus Tibamoso, founder of the Tierra Viva company, holds a beetle larva that is used to produce organic compost, in Tunja, Colombia, October 8, 2021. Picture taken October 8, 2021. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez 

A Tierra Viva worker excavates organic waste that will later be used to produce bio-compost and bio-fertilizer with the help of beetle larvae at a production plant in Tunja, Colombia, October 8, 2021. Picture taken October 8, 2021. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez 

Organic waste that will later be used to produce bio-compost and bio-fertilizer with the help of beetle larvae collected by Tierra Viva is seen in its compost production plant in Tunja, Colombia, October 8, 2021. Picture taken October 8, 2021. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez 

Beetles, which are sold as pets to several countries around the world and traded with the Kmushicoin cryptocurrency created by Tierra Viva, climb a trunk at the company's production plant, where bio-compost and bio-fertilizer are produced, in Tunja, Colombia, October 8, 2021. Picture taken October 8, 2021. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez 

An employee of the Tierra Viva company lays beetle larvae on top of soil-covered organic waste to produce compost, in Tunja, Colombia, October 8, 2021. Picture taken October 8, 2021. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez 

Beetles, which are sold as pets to several countries around the world and traded with the Kmushicoin cryptocurrency created by Tierra Viva, climb a trunk at the company's production plant, where bio-compost and bio-fertilizer are produced, in Tunja, Colombia, October 8, 2021. Picture taken October 8, 2021. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez 

Ibrahima Samba Diop, 75, who is one of the beneficiary's of a Tolou Keur garden, checks plants, within the Great Green Wall target area in Kanel, Matam region, Senegal, July 13, 2021. Gardens known as 'Tolou Keur' hold plants and trees resistant to hot, dry climates, and are planted with circular beds that allow roots to grow inwards, trapping liquids and bacteria and improving water retention and composting. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA REFORESTATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Trees to be planted, are pictured at a warehouse next to a Tolou Keur garden, within an area that is part of the Great Green Wall, in Boki Diawe, Matam region, Senegal, July 13, 2021. Gardens known as 'Tolou Keur' hold plants and trees resistant to hot, dry climates, and are planted with circular beds that allow roots to grow inwards, trapping liquids and bacteria and improving water retention and composting. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA REFORESTATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Baydi Wague, 11, waters a newly planted tree at a Tolou Keur garden in Boki Diawe, within the Great Green Wall area, Matam region, Senegal, July 12, 2021. Gardens known as 'Tolou Keur' hold plants and trees resistant to hot, dry climates, and are planted with circular beds that allow roots to grow inwards, trapping liquids and bacteria and improving water retention and composting. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA REFORESTATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Moussa Kamara, 47, a baker and a Tolou Keur garden caretaker, shows a sketch of a Tolou Keur garden, which holds plants and trees resistant to hot, dry climates, and are planted with circular beds that allow roots to grow inwards, trapping liquids and bacteria and improving water retention and composting, as he speaks to journalists whilst sitting with his family members in a courtyard at his house in Boki Diawe, within the Great Green Wall area, in Matam region, Senegal, July 12, 2021. Kamara is part of a project that aims to create hundreds of such gardens - known as 'Tolou Keur' in Senegal's Wolof language - that organisers hope will boost food security, reduce regional desertification and engage thousands of community workers. "This project is incredibly important," said Kamara. "When you grow one tree, over 20 years people and animals will benefit from it."REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA REFORESTATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Moussa Kamara, 47, a baker and a Tolou Keur garden caretaker, prepares to plant a tree at a newly built Tolou Keur garden, which holds plants and trees resistant to hot, dry climates, and are planted with circular beds that allow roots to grow inwards, trapping liquids and bacteria and improving water retention and composting, in Boki Diawe, within the Great Green Wall area in Matam region, Senegal, July 12, 2021. Kamara is part of a project that aims to create hundreds of such gardens - known as 'Tolou Keur' in Senegal's Wolof language - that organisers hope will boost food security, reduce regional desertification and engage thousands of community workers. "This project is incredibly important," said Kamara. "When you grow one tree, over 20 years people and animals will benefit from it." REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA REFORESTATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Trees stand around a Tolou Keur garden in Walalde department of Podor, in the Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel area, Senegal, July 11, 2021. Gardens known as Tolou Keur hold plants and trees resistant to hot, dry climates, and are planted with circular beds that allow roots to grow inwards, trapping liquids and bacteria and improving water retention and composting. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "BENSEMRA REFORESTATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES