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Aug 13 - Los Angeles to Experiment with Table Scrap CollectionThe City of Los Angeles has voted to enact a pilot curb-side food waste composting program to roughly 5000 households. Along with a blue bin for recycling, a green bin for yard waste, and a black bin for garbage, the city will distribute a fourth, smaller container to accept table scraps. A convenient curbside food waste collection option will increase the city's waste diversion rate:
CAW and Composting CAW feels that composting of organic waste not only addresses landfill capacity, but is also an effective green-house gas mitigation measure.
Jun 11 - Recycling and Composting Expected to be Mandatory by Year's End in SFRecycling and composting expected to be mandatory by year's endSan Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is proposing a law that would make Recycling and Composting mandatory within the city. San Francisco already has the highest diversion rate in the country at 70% and city officials say that this law would be neccessary in order for it to reach their goal of 75%. Jacoba Charles of Plenty Magazine reports:
A major area this law would address is the lower diversion rate for multi-family units. Apartment owners don't always supply recycling & composting bins for their tenants. The enactment of the ordinance would require landlords to provide these bins. This would have a significant impact on the rate since a majority of San Francisco residents are renters. CAW and Recycling/Composting:
May 25 - Organic waste should not go to landfill, says US campaigner (Sunday Business Post)May 25 - Organic waste should not go to landfill, says US campaigner (Sunday Business Post)
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