Recology Oregon Material Recovery and the City of Portland continue their pilot program to pick up food scraps from curbside bins and compost these materials at for Portland-area sites.[1]
The City of Seattle already has a Commercial Compost Collection service.
EnviroMom discussed this program when the pilot was announced in April 2010.
Other articles on the topic:
- Janie Har, “A different take on curbside composting and trash bills in Portland,” Oregonian, March 18, 2010.
- Janie Har, “Portland Mayor Sam Adams names test neighborhoods for food scrap composting project,” Oregonian, April 13, 2010.
- Monica Melchor and Osman A. Omar, “When food scraps become a recyclable resource,” Oregonian, June 26, 2010.
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[1] Carrie Sturrock, “Curbside composting of kitchen scraps a success in Portland test neighborhoods,” Oregonian, Nov. 26 2010, pp. D2, D6.
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