Don't Forget To Compost Your Thanksgiving Table Scraps
San Francisco residents and businesses have contributed more than 620,000 tons of compost since the city began its collection program in 1996, according to...
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Jimbo said:
November 26, 2009 9:55 AM
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"Recology estimates that since its inception [in 1996], the program has prevented the release of 137,000 tons of methane gas into the atmosphere."
"Recology said its program has also allowed 18,400 metric tons of carbon dioxide to be returned to the soil, the equivalent of keeping 3,600 cars off the road."
So how much of those savings has been offset by the fact that Sunset Scavenger trucks have to make a second pass down your street to empty the green bins? I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, but let's consider the resources consumed in actually getting the compost into the program in the first place before we start talking about how much good it's actually doing.