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June 18, 2008
City Goes on Residential Composting Experiment
Yesterday, a City Council committee passed a food recycling pilot project that would give 8,700 homes in South LA 2-gallon composting bins (however, still no locally based farm being provided). The Daily News says that 27% of black-bin waste is food equalling out to 230,000 tons of it a year. Food would be picked up and taken to a downtown transfer station and hauled up to a nearby Bakersfield composting facility.
Officials will be evaluating the program and watching two of the major concerns: can facilities and other infrastructure handle the program going citywide and will the neighborhoods start to stink of rotten food?
In Griffith Park, there is a compost facility where residents can pick up free compost and take classes.
Photo by sporkist via Flickr
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Good god, where do I sign up? I was horrified to discover L.A. didn't already have separate compost bins when I moved here in January. Being in an apartment building, I've had to bum space in my residential neighbor's green bin to throw away most of my food waste. Now, the question is, will they get wise to biodegradable bags (BioBags)?