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Can we talk about how my city's new curbside compost program actually got me composting after I swore it was pointless
My city started picking up food scraps in Vernon last month and I only signed up because the bin was free, but after three weeks of hauling out a gallon of banana peels and coffee grounds instead of tossing them, I realized my trash can stopped smelling like death and I've already cut my garbage bags from 3 a week to 1, so what finally got you to try something you'd written off?
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the_max14d ago
Your trash can stopped smelling like death because you're now paying attention to it, not because the program is magic. Most people's garbage reeks because they let wet food sit in a bag for a week in a hot garage, not because compost pickup is some life changer. You said you cut from 3 bags to 1 a week, but that just means you were overstuffing bags before and now you're sorting scraps into a separate bin that a truck still has to drive around and pick up. My neighbor swore by hers too, right up until she figured out the city trucks haul that compost 40 miles to a plant and the whole thing burns more fuel than it saves. You didn't change your habits, you just moved the mess somewhere you can't smell it. What happens when they start charging for the bin next year?
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