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Methanolic · 03-10-2012, 02:11 PM

I live in Southwood and therefore am part of the "Green Bin" pilot project for recycling food and yard waste. My initial thoughts were, "Great! another Bin!" And I did not like the thought of "food waste" being stored in my kitchen or having to take it outside and deposit it into a bin.

Well, I have given this some thought and taken the time to read the literature that came with the bin and have decided to give this a go!

They tell me 60% of what gets thrown in my black bin is "food and yard waste" so now my black bin will be picked up twice a month vs 4 times a month. I will soon find out if this is true and I will soon find out if scraping my dinner plate into a pail will be something I can get accustomed to. Honestly, I recycle everything so my black bin really only gets put out into the alley once per month.

I am curious to see how this supplied "breathable, Odorless" kitchen pail they gave me actually works. Like I said, I was/am skeptical but have decided to give this a real chance.

Any other CPer's here part of this pilot project? If so, are you going to give this a go?

Thanks in advance. I am Very interested to hear what others think.

03-10-2012, 02:11 PM	#1
Methanolic Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: SW Exp:	Ongoing Calgarians throwing things into the wrong bins thread I live in Southwood and therefore am part of the "Green Bin" pilot project for recycling food and yard waste. My initial thoughts were, "Great! another Bin!" And I did not like the thought of "food waste" being stored in my kitchen or having to take it outside and deposit it into a bin. Well, I have given this some thought and taken the time to read the literature that came with the bin and have decided to give this a go! They tell me 60% of what gets thrown in my black bin is "food and yard waste" so now my black bin will be picked up twice a month vs 4 times a month. I will soon find out if this is true and I will soon find out if scraping my dinner plate into a pail will be something I can get accustomed to. Honestly, I recycle everything so my black bin really only gets put out into the alley once per month. I am curious to see how this supplied "breathable, Odorless" kitchen pail they gave me actually works. Like I said, I was/am skeptical but have decided to give this a real chance. Any other CPer's here part of this pilot project? If so, are you going to give this a go? Thanks in advance. I am Very interested to hear what others think.