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What is the downside?

• swiley 7y ago
  Having to sort trash and manage a biological process are two that I can think of.
• dirtyid 7y ago
  Cynical hottake, 150B of food waste per year in US, aka one mans trash is another's revenue.
• jartelt 7y ago
  Industrial compost sites and anaerobic digesters are likely a bit smelly. People also may gripe about having a compost bin in addition to a recycling and trash bin.
  • tastyfreeze 7y ago
    Aerobic compost is not smelly. Anaerobic fermentation caused by not mixing in enough oxygen is very smelly and slow.
    • jartelt 7y ago
      Yea, smell issues are from transport of the food waste to the facilities. If you have a facility accepting waste, there will be trunks bringing in smelly stuff on a regular basis.