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Should Composting Be Mandatory In US Cities?
Hugh Pickens writes "After San Francisco enacted the nation's strictest regulations on composting in 2009, the city has increased the amount of food scraps and plant cuttings it composts to more than 600 tons per day, more than any other city in North America, and recently celebrated the collection one million tons of organic materials. Other cities have been watching as Seattle passed a similar mandate in 2010 diverting about 90,000 tons of organic waste from landfills in the first year and New York City is trying to figure out how to implement this type of program for its 8 million residents. The impact is potentially huge in terms of reducing the load on landfills as a study by San Francisco's Department of Environment shows that more than one third of all waste entering landfills could be composted instead. 'We want to see composting be a standard for everybody,' says Michael Virga, executive director of the U.S. Composting Council. 'Urban, suburban, it doesn't really matter where you are.' Although composting initially costs more than land-filling, over the long-term, the benefits will outweigh the costs. 'We can reduce a large source of landfill-generated greenhouse gases, extend the life of our landfill, and generate a valuable resource for the community in the form of premium soil and mulch,' writes Shanon Boase. 'What's more, this industry generates additional jobs.'"
Hey, once they haul it away from my house they can pick through it and recycle whatever they want, but I'm not going to sort out my trash for this that and the other.
When I'm done with it...it is trash and I pay to have it hauled away. Once they have it...feel free to do with it as you please, but I don't have room around my place for sorting the shit out nor for creating and maintaining a compost heap for organic stuff.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
I've never lived anywhere recycling is mandatory. I've never recycled a thing in my entire life.
And as for healthcare, no one goes without treatment, even if they don't pay for it themselves, like myself and most of us do.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
wow you're an asshole. You are basically saying "Fuck you" to the planet. You can't spend an extra 20 seconds throwing your banana peel into a composting bin instead of the garbage can? Oh right, you can't spare the precious seconds because you must be too busy jacking off in your parents basement. Perhaps move your stack of 10 pizza boxes, 20 cans of empty coke,and vacuum up the cockroaches, and you may have some room for the small composite bin I mean I'm no tree hugger but really? Although instead of making it mandatory, would be nice if they could somehow keep track of how much each person composts, and give a tax rebate based on that amount.