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Seattle residents will be fined for putting food waste in trash instead of compost bins
SEATTLE – Seattle residents who fail to separate food waste from trash will be fined.
The City Council voted Monday to impose the fines for not composting.
KING reports (http://kng5.tv/Y1vOYe ) when the ordinance goes into effect next year, homeowners found with food scraps in their trash will be fined $1 for each violation. The fine is up to $50 for a business or apartment complex.
Seattle Public Utilities estimates that about a third to one-half of what now goes in the trash should be recycled or put in compost bins.
The new law is aimed at helping Seattle reach its goal of having a recycling rate of 60 per cent by 2015. The change is expected to generate an additional 38,000 tons of compost material every year.
San Francisco also has a mandatory composting ordinance.
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Information from: KING-TV, http://www.king5.com/
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