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Communities are rethinking residential sanitation as local companies address gaps left by traditional waste systems.

Every day, food scraps disappear into trash bags, are hauled away and forgotten. But that waste could be turned into something productive.

Turns out the brain needs regular cleaning. Otherwise, it gets clogged up with waste products, including some associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports ...