Frustrated by the constant contamination in our neighborhood's compost program

I started composting to reduce food waste, but the bin is always filled with plastic wrappers and non-compostable items. Yesterday, the city left a warning sticker because someone tossed in a whole pizza box with grease stains, ruining the batch. It feels like such a simple thing to get right, yet here we are... maybe mandatory workshops would help, but who has the time for that?

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the_kelly8h ago

Honestly, I read a piece last week about a town that switched to clear compost bins for exactly this reason. The theory was that if people see the plastic bag or the greasy pizza box sitting on top of the actual food scraps, they might feel shamed into doing it right next time. Tbh, I don't know if shame works, but seeing a bin full of chip bags and those "compostable" plastic liners that aren't accepted here is just depressing. It really does feel like a simple flyer on the bin lid with three big pictures of what's NOT allowed would solve half of it.

the_mila3h ago

Seattle's education campaign, not clear bins, cut our contamination rates in half last year.

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