We've had composting in the SF Bay Area for ages -- San Francisco made it mandatory in 2009 -- and despite being someone who produces a lot of organic waste (I

We've had composting in the SF Bay Area for ages -- San Francisco made it mandatory in 2009 -- and despite being someone who produces a lot of organic waste (I cook a lot), it's never been a problem for me. You don't need to store food waste in the freezer unless it's something particularly vile you wouldn't want sitting in your outdoor/garage compost bin for the week. Everyone's municipal trash bins eventually got downsized by default (you can pay more for the bigger ones still if you want) and that's almost never been a problem for me because so much waste goes into the compost bin instead of the trash. With the proliferation of compostable takeout containers, etc, my compost bin is sometimes more full than my trash bin!