Residents at The Book Concern Building, in The Tenderloin, kicked off their composting program today. One of our residents works at SF Environment, and brought this up at our last HOA meeting — he gave a presentation on all of the benefits of composting and recycling.
About 2,000 restaurants, 2,080 large apartment buildings and 50,000 single-family homes have embraced the city’s environmentally friendly green bins. The scrap is turned into gold, a rich compost that boosts the region’s bounty of food while curbing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. SFGate
Today, folks from SF Environment greeted people as they came home with mini in home composting containers, and educational materials. Pretty cool.
In addition to helping the environment, each black bin (garbage) that is replaced with a blue (recycling) or green bin (composting) lowers our waste removal fees. San Francisco’s compost is sold under the brand of Jepson Prairie Organics, a subsidiary of Norcal Waste Systems, the parent company of employee-owned Sunset Scavenger and Golden Gate Disposal and Recycling Co.
Our goal is to replace half our black bins, which will save the HOA about $600 dollars a month. Landfill reduction, cost savings, and less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — a win, win, win situation.
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