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Here in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, they are planning to ship compostable plastic bags to homes, which you can use to put organics into the normal metal/paper/p

Here in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, they are planning to ship compostable plastic bags to homes, which you can use to put organics into the normal metal/paper/plastic recycling stream. Those bags get picked out at the recycling center and used for compost to sell to local farms/etc and (hopefully) at least pay for the program, and maybe even bring in some extra funds. No extra cost to users or hassle mailing packages of garbage (lol).

tunapizza 4y ago
Same here — I live in Eastern Canada and my municipality is rolling out a program where you'll put compostables in a separate bag, but the sorting is done by the trashman.
adrianmonk 4y ago
> compostable plastic bags ... normal metal/paper/plastic recycling stream That's really clever since it avoids needing to have separate trucks. Will they also accept leaves and yard trimmings? These are much larger in volume, so I'm not sure if they could be handled, but maybe with large bags it's fine. > sell to local farms/etc My city sells to farms and also sells it in bags at retail stores. It's meets standards that are supposed to make it safe to use in your backyard garden. Also, since it costs money to put stuff in a landfill, and since this diverts from the landfill, it saves a bit of money that way too. (Further info: https://www.austintexas.gov/department/dillo-dirt https://www.austintexas.gov/department/dillo-dirt)