Massachusetts plan would mandate food waste get turned to fuel, fertilizer or animal feed

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3. Toronto has residential composting.

I live three blocks from Yonge Street, right downtown, in an apartment. We have a green bin at the rear of the building. Food and plant material, cat litter, etc, etc., go into that bin. Small plastic bin on the counter or floor, collect stuff, take it to the rear of the building once per day. It's then picked up, taken to an anaerobic composting facility. It's cut down a lot on garbage. We even have a company that picks up coffee pods and the packaging they come in. Cardboard boxes, papers, magazines, plastic bags, clamshells, pop bottles, tin and aluminum cans, large plastic items like broken laundry baskets, go to blue bins at the back. Batteries, dead electronics, cfl's, etc. are taken to a drop-off once a month by the committee. Drugs are taken back to the drug store, toxic taxi picks up paint and toxic household chemicals, clothes can go to Goodwill or other resale.

It does work.

The city and the building committee are always looking for new ways to recycle things, too. It's a Very Good Thing, in my opinion.