Although it’s been known for a few weeks, I wanted to bring up what’s going on here in Philadelphia.
Up to now, the City had no real incentives set up for businesses to compost, nor do they provide curbside compost collection.
In Philadelphia, all commercial establishments must pay a fee every year for their trash dumpster and recycling dumpster. The recycling is cheaper than the trash dumpster.
The idea is to have a composting option available, which will hopefully cut back on the amount of organics being thrown in the trash.
This bill focuses on just restaurants…ideally it will expand to include coffee shops, pizza shops, and really anywhere serving food.
Done right, numerous businesses should practically be able to either recycle or compost almost all of their waste.
Let’s hope the mayor signs the bill.
The 3 or 4 compost services in Philadelphia must be getting pretty excited about this.