Mayor Newsom of San Francisco signed the America’s first law dictating the residents of the city to compost their garbage compulsorily. The residents will now have to discard compostable materials in a green can and the recyclable materials in a blue can.

This way, by 2020 the landfill waste is expected to become nil by 2020. This is great news for not just San Franciscans but everyone else as it could encourage other mayors to bring this method of composting as well. It would lead to better management of waste and also compost so that it could be used as manure for plants.

There would be a cap of $100 for homes and business which produce less than one cubic yard of trash. It would be interesting to observe the developments and see if it works out well. If it does, there is no holding back and it would be really cool to get all over biodegradable material wastes composted and used in other ways. Thankfully, even the residents of San Francisco are very excited about the initiative.

Via: Inhabitat