Popular Science: The US stinks at composting. Here’s how we can change that.

Date: 15 Jun 2022 | posted in: Composting, waste - zero waste | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Excerpt from the story published June 15, 2022

When it comes to municipalities reaching these goals, it’s all about meeting people where they are and speaking their kind of language. For example, a big football community might bring food scrap drop-off bins to tailgating parties to show people how easy collection can be, [Susanne Lee, a sustainable business faculty member at the University of Maine] suggested.

Making appropriate composting options available to the community will help spur more composting without burdening residents, she added. That could look like curbside collection, consolidated food scrap collection or a combination of offerings. Some communities might even offer vouchers for people to purchase their preferred model or style of compost bins.

“To get people to compost, it needs to be as convenient as trash to set up,” says Brenda Platt, who directs the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s community composting project.

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