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by pards 1510 days ago
>> it's amazing how small a volume of trash we throw out now that we're putting foodstuffs into compost.

Toronto introduced its green bin program in 2002, where organic waste (food scraps, mostly) is collected separately and composted. The resulting compost is made available to residents for free.

It massively reduced the amount of garbage going to landfill AND enriches the local soil.