Local Composting Efforts Set To Expand. Why It Matters To Your Neighborhood.

We recently published a guide to California’s new compost law, but we’re not stopping there. Many of you pointed out the importance of also having local compost options.  Quick reminder: The law called SB 1383 aims to keep food waste out of landfills, where it decomposes and emits the planet-heating greenhouse gas methane. Landfills are California’s third largest source of methane because of this.
When it comes to separating your food waste from the trash, some of you wanted to avoid the impact of trucking food waste to large-scale facilities, like the one outside of Bakersfield where much of L.A.’s food waste ends up. Others were concerned about how food waste is also being turned into natural gas, which is primarily made of methane, the very pollutant food waste diversion aims to cut down on.  Click Here to read the full article.