At least the fine is pretty small. That’ll change.
Under a new policy, passed 9-0 by the Seattle City Council earlier this week, those who fail to compost “food waste and compostable paper” will be penalized.
The new program will come into effect in January 2015 for commercial establishments and residences. It will be enforced by the Seattle Public Utilities commission. Seattle has had a similar rule for noncompostable recyclables for nine years.
After receiving two warnings, residents and businesses will be fined $50 for dumpsters and a more modest $1 for waste at single-family homes. Previously, the utilities commission left residents and businesses a note that asked them to compost. If they did not comply, the city refused to collect the garbage.
A buck per trash pickup? No compost pile in my backyard.
Just what you want at a restaurant, a rotting compost pile.
If just 2% of the slothful liberalism in Seattle was thrown on top of these compost piles, it would block out the sun.
There’s sun in Seattle? Quelle surprise!