Anchorage, Alaska created a pilot program that will give residents the opportunity to exchange their food waste for finished compost at the city landfill, a report from KTUU says.
Participants in the program will receive a free five-gallon organic waste receptacle. Once full, residents can take it to the landfill at a community drop-off site. In exchange for their waste, finished compost provided by Sustina Organics (http://www.susitnaorganics.com/), Wasilla, Alaska, will be given to the participants. The amount they receive depends on how much food waste they brought.
Anchorage Solid Waste Services (SWS) Recycling Coordinator Travis Smith told KTUU that the project's goal is to increase small-scale urban agriculture by making compost more accessible.
The program will run until October, where SWS will evaluate the program's success before making adjustments and possibly offering it again.
