Garbage: A New Strategy

When this ridiculous law finally passes and the trash police begin roaming the streets and digging through our trashcans in search of potential "law"-breakers and fines for the city coffers, I will be defeating the Compost Mafia by following this simple strategy:

All my trash will go into city trash cans.

Will the city fine itself when it discovers that its very own trash cans have combined compostable foodstuffs, recyclable paper/plastic, and run of the mill garbage? I doubt it.

So follow my lead and toss your weekly trash into a nearby city-owned and operated trash can. Think of it as a modern day tea party, but with used tea bags.

Composting stories

From Facebook:

The last time we tried composting: Fruit flies.

Why does Gavin Newsom want the fruit flies to win?

Response to the SF Recycling Ordinance

MissionRosalind

6/10/2009 12:20:03 AM

I live in San Francisco--helllooo, Gavin and Board of Supervisors!! Listen up. Stop passing laws that tell me what to do! Instead, if you want me to stop smoking, do something about all the smelly, dirty people sleeping in doorways, on sidewalks, and in parks. Then I won't have to use my ciggies to block their stench.If you want me to start using Muni, make it run on time, crack down on fare-jumpers, and stop letting homeless people use Muni as a hotel.If you want me to walk more, crack down on all the selfish dog owners who make it impossible to walk more than 10 feet without stepping in dog crap.If you want me to spend $$$ at locally-owned businesses, stop artificially jacking up prices through utopian surcharges and stop passing laws which make it impossible for small business owners to survive.

Rules for Trash in San Francisco

Failure to follow these rules could lead to a fine or eviction.

Toughest Recycling Law in the U.S

Throwing orange peels, coffee grounds and grease-stained pizza boxes in the trash will be against the law in San Francisco, and could even lead to a fine.

The Board of Supervisors voted 9-2 Tuesday to approve Mayor Gavin Newsom's proposal for the most comprehensive mandatory composting and recycling law in the country. It's an aggressive push to cut greenhouse gas emissions and have the city sending nothing to landfills or incinerators by 2020.

Read more here.