Each Tuesday night when we O takes out the bins, I wonder where the curbsite compost goes. This WW article explains it all and then some. Portland continues to amaze me and make me proud.
Some interesting exceprts:
"Although other leading recycling cities, such as San Francisco and Seattle, started recycling food waste before Portland took its program citywide last Oct. 31, Jerry Powell of Resource Recycling magazine says no other large city combined such a program to cutting garbage collection in half."
"Lisa Libby, Mayor Sam Adams’ planning and sustainability director, says the city is happy with the progress—garbage is down 44 percent, recycling is up 12 percent, and composting is up by almost three times."
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