[mojito]

They are really proud of that statute of Lenin.

[MrB]

Compost, schmompost - feed it to some chickens and turn it into eggs!

[fhayek]

If they see compostable items make up 10 percent or more of the trash, they’ll enter the violation into a computer system their trucks already carry, and will leave a ticket on the garbage bin that says to expect a $1 fine on the next garbage bill.

They have GOT to be kidding. Come on! This is one of those John Semmens semi news/semi satire things, right?

[molson209]

Grind and Flush

[PATRIOT1876]

I suggest that anyone fined with the $1 fine bring it to the facility in all pennies. Maybe 5 years worth paid in advance.

It'd be cool if a local radio station suggested that as a stunt...

...just sayin’....

[NEMDF]

Such items at my house would then be somehow tightly wrapped in something before getting into the trash. Others would solve the problem by putting them down the toilet, or just a garbage pile in the side yard.

[Mr. K]

But it’s only a dollar!!

(for now...)

[Blood of Tyrants]

Only a liberal would want bins full of rotting food near them.

[dennisw]

I do mulching and composting because I have stuff growing and here are the basics——

-— Just about all food waste is 90% water so you might as well get rid of it via your kitchen disposal unit. It will melt down to nothing in any composting effort

-—What is worth composting is fibrous and tough stuff like corn cobs and corn husks. Like artichoke leaves. Not too much food waste is like this

—— Just about all your kitchen waste would be a lot better “recycled” if you had pig and chickens eating it and putting on weight than “composting” it to put on a garden. You are wasting your time composting watery stuff

-—— The best bio mass for mulching and composting is chipped tree trimmings. If you make the effort you can get it for free

—— No I don’t believe in global warming. I am a greenie with some common sense

[ansel12]

Don’t they have garbage disposals in their sink?

[aomagrat]

If one has a dog, one shouldn’t have leftovers.

[Scrambler Bob]

But how are they going to feed the homeless?

[longtermmemmory]

very communist of them

[moovova]

“If they see compostable items make up 10 percent or more of the trash...”

If based on weight...I would demand to see a printout from the scale they used to determine the various weights involved in the measuring of my garbage (total weight, compostable weight, non-compostable weight, actual comparative percentages).

If based on volume...well, you get the drift.

Collectors aren’t science or math majors...but they’re allowed to determine percentages of garbage?

Oh, and my attorney would be asking for this info in court.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Sounds plausible to me .... it is North California after all!

[556x45]

I know for some its unimaginable stupid but Ive lived there and its far far worse than the article depicts. I could hardly wait to leave. Youd never believe some of the stuff that passes for normal or at least gets a pass.

[blueunicorn6]

Someone needs to go to a Seattle City Council meeting and stand up with a roll of toilet paper and ask the council if they can wipe his ass. They evidently want to be everybodys Mommy.

[Phillyred]

[RangerM]

Does this mean the kids will wind up paying for their school lunch coming and going?

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Apartment buildings and businesses will be subject to the same 10 percent threshold but will get two warnings before they are fined. A third violation will result in a $50 fine.

so...if you are pissed at your landlord, you can dump all of your food and make him pay the fine.