09-22-2017, 03:44 AM
The idea is that new containers when dumped carelessly, they will degrade, rather than persist in small pieces that end up in waterways and the ocean. People who compost can also put them in their compost bins rather than take them to the transfer station. In addition once in the landfill they will degrade much faster than polystyrene.
There are cities like Seattle that have full pickup recycling programs where they also except compost. The actual "garbage" can they now give residents is probably 1/4 the size of their other cans because so much can now be processed rather than buried. You might even recall people being fined for putting food waste in their trash instead of the compost bin. Just look at the size of their actual garbage can: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk...rash-bins/
But you're right, living on island in the middle of the Pacific, we should be much more efficient about waste than we are, which means facilities to process and pickup.
There are cities like Seattle that have full pickup recycling programs where they also except compost. The actual "garbage" can they now give residents is probably 1/4 the size of their other cans because so much can now be processed rather than buried. You might even recall people being fined for putting food waste in their trash instead of the compost bin. Just look at the size of their actual garbage can: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk...rash-bins/
But you're right, living on island in the middle of the Pacific, we should be much more efficient about waste than we are, which means facilities to process and pickup.