In San Francisco, trash is the exception — not the rule.

The city approved an aggressive recycling law more than a year ago that required homeowners, business owners and residents to spearate food from trash to improve composting, according to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle. Most received the law with kicking and screaming, but the goal of removing compost from landfills and incinerators by 2020 prevailed.

“People are dealing with it just fine,” said the spokseman for the City’s environmental department in the article. “For most people, the green composting bin is just another part of life in San Francisco.”

The amount of scraps collected in April is up 22 percent from that time last year — and more than 63 percent of residents and 75 percent of the city’s restaurants are in compliance.

Things happen when we’re all on board!

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