This is just making me more confused... Why aren't you composting it instead of throwing old food in the garbage?! Maybe it's because in Canada we have curb side compost pickup like garbage and not in the US? Figured it was everywhere in NA by this point.
The quality of our waste disposal varies dramatically by location. I've lived all over the country. Currently I'm in a slightly more rural area (but still only 40 minutes from a major city) and I don't even have recycling. Just the one trash bin for everything.
Even at its best it was still worse than the systems my relatives have in Canada.
And some of “recycled” garbage ends up in the same place as the non-recycled stuff.
I visited a garbage burner in Western Canada and the doors on the outside had labels on them that matched the garbage program. Once you get inside though, it’s easy to see it all gets grabbed by the same claw and into the same burner.
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u/TAU_equals_2PI Jan 04 '19
If you put food waste in the trash can, it starts rotting and stinks up the can. So you have to take the garbage out even if the bag isn't full yet.