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So guessing you don't own a house in California? We already have a third waste management stream. Organic waste bins. They are green. Most people use them for
by hparadiz 3y ago
So guessing you don't own a house in California?
We already have a third waste management stream. Organic waste bins. They are green. Most people use them for leaves, branches, grass cuttings, etc. They have been available since long before this law. My property produces at least one full bin a month from everything that is growing on the property. My neighbor actually has two bins.
I'm single and barely produce a gallon of waste a week and usually less. I do actually have a counter top bin with a lid where I drop cuttings but my property is big enough that I have an actual compost pile. But I STILL use the green bin I have because I can't compost all the tree limbs and sticks and what not in any reasonable amount of time.
Generally speaking a single person's organic waste isn't even worth composting. It's like 1/100th of what a single tree on my property will shed in a season. It will enrich a compost pile because human food is rich in sugars so the worms will love it but expecting everyone to do it is silly.
- 01100011 3y agoI don't, but I also know that green bins are not commonplace throughout the state. Some locations have them, some do not. San Diego did not, although you were free to buy your own waste container and it would be picked-up bi-weekly. In my old town in NorCal, the city would pick up piles of green waste left on the street. Yard waste is vastly different from food waste. Yard waste might smell a bit(wet leaves/grass mostly) but it generally doesn't attract roaches and/or rats. Keep in mind that green waste varies greatly depending on the area and your landscape. I had a heavily planted yard of native vegetation at my old San Diego house and it produced less waste than my kitchen.