[EQAB-list] San Francisco is MANDATING separation of recyclables and compostables

[Fred L Stephens]

I think a good composting program goes hand in hand with a good urban 
gardening program. Many people in the City would probably like to 
have a garden but don't have open space of sunlight in their yards.

At 11:51 PM 6/11/2009, Pat Imperato wrote:
>Composting is the next frontier.? I'd like to see us start 
>agressively supporting back yard composting (the right way).? Fred 
>has an impressive composting-vermiculture program going at his house 
>and the end-product is fantastic.? You should see my tomoto plants 
>after one-week of using it as fertilizer - of course the rain helped as well.
>
>With all the food chains in town perhaps we could feel them out 
>about in-vessel composting to help save on costs and even provide a 
>saleable product.
>
>
>Pat Imperato
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>From: Robert G Kennedy III, PE <robot at ultimax.com>
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>Subject: Re: [EQAB-list] San Francisco is MANDATING separation of 
>recyclables and compostables
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>The City of Guelph, Ontario (near Toronto) has a similar tricolor 
>system, but in plastic bags, not rolling bins. They are Clear - Blue - Green.?
>?
>Green is for anything compostable - paper, leaves, food scraps, etc.?
>?
>Blue is for all other recyclables, single-stream like we have now.?
>?
>Clear is for true garbage, but visual inspection is easy while 
>contents remain sealed. If the haulers spot a aluminum can or 
>something like that in the clear bag, they simply don't pick it up.?
>?
>Bags are a problem where you have a lot of varmints, but giant 
>rolling bins are problematic in urban settings, especially expensive 
>space-constrained cities like SanFran.?
>?
>I'm not down with the draconian busybodies out in 'Frisco, and I 
>don't think your average Tennessean would tolerate it. I note S.F. 
>has 72% diversion already - *most* impressive. But it also shows how 
>much progresively harder than Nth degree of recycling is. One must 
>always keep entropy in mind as it relates to that old rule about waste:?
>"You can't get anything clean without getting something else dirty;?
>however, you can get a lot of things dirty without getting anything clean."?
>?
>--Robert G Kennedy III, PE?
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>Quoting "Ellen Smith <smithellen at comcast.net>" <smithellen at comcast.net>:?
>?
> > Interesting contrast with the situation here -- but likely to be 
> in > our future, too.?
> >?
> > -- Ellen?
> >?
> >?
> > The New York Times?
> > June 11, 2009 5:14 AM?
> > --------------------------------------?
> >?
> > US: San Francisco to Toughen a Strict Recycling Law By MALIA WOLLAN In a?
> > bid to send zero waste to landfills by 2020, the city has passed new?
> > recycling and composting requirements.?
> >?
> > Full Story:?
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/us/11recycle.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y?
> >?
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Fred L Stephens
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