Composting – is it catching on?
How about the prospect of lightening that load of garbage you drag to the curb weekly, the stuff that’s beginning a long and lasting journey to the landfill. Municipal support of composting would make it much easier for more of us to make a habit of composting. San Francisco got a little closer to its zero waste goal by passing special legislation. As of October 21, 2009 all of San Francisco’s manufacturers, businesses and individuals became required to separate their refuse into recyclables, compostables and trash.
CleanWell and millions of other SF residents and businesses joined the composting movement collecting food scraps, coffee grinds, pizza boxes, soiled paper towels and the sad but dead office plants to feed the green bins.
In an interview with the honest food blog I shared that curbside composting is an area that would benefit from attention and support. Just as recycling got a boost from Recyclebank, a program that rewards you for recycling. This type of program allows the country to better optimize and build out infrastructure that has been proven successful.
San Francisco has made it easy for local residents to hop on the green bandwagon, but everyone can make a difference even if it’s one rotten banana at a time. To get the 411 on composting check out howtocompost.org
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