I like that idea. We don’t have it in our community, but we do have recycling bins for cardboard and paper, glass and others for yard debris.

I’m looking into a personal size composter. Not only would it help to reduce the amount of garbage we send to the landfill, but we’d have compost for top dressing our grass or for my garden.

I’m not sure if you have this where you are but we recently started a green recycling program here as well. This involves a separate container for compostable household items. The bins are small green containers with bio-degradable bags that feel rubbery. Any food items, paper towels, etc that would decompose naturally are put into these containers. It’s a great way of keeping these types of things out of the dumps. Together, the blue program and the green program leave very little that’s considered waste (ie doesn’t fit into either spot).

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