by Emma Davey 
Personally, curbside composting has been life-changing. No more waking up early (ok, early for ME), trudging along to a nearby park to drop off my food scraps. Now, I simply dump my rotting produce and grains in an earthy brown bin that gets scooped up by city sanitation workers.
Unfortunately, curbside composting is not yet a neighborhood-wide phenomenon, or even a city-wide one! So this Wednesday evening, August 3, you can sign up to spread…
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Yes! Curbside Composting for all!
Hmm. I thought we were trying to get rid of the rats.. why in the world are we looking to put food out for them ? The rats know how easily it is to open those brown bins..