[butlerweave]

Garbage is still Garbage

[RetiredTexasVet]

Damn, a lot of Progressives are going to starve by taking away reliable food sources.

[rllngrk33]

Another reason not to live in California, no matter how nice the weather is.

[DLfromthedesert]

Isn’t that what the garbage disposal is for? Who wants to keep smelly stuff in your kitchen for a week?

[P-Marlowe]

any person or business that creates garbage will have to recycle all their organic food waste.

I don’t buy organic food. Too expensive. Not enough pesticides.

[noiseman]

Well, I suppose I should thank California for this. Now, should I receive a bump on the head or otherwise experience temporary insanity sufficient to lead me to consider moving to that state, this stupidity might serve as smelling salts to bring me back to my senses. Just wait until they roll out the new composting bins, with toilet seats attached.

Leftist paradise.

[Leaning Right]

Candid Camera once did a comedy bit where homeowners were told they had to sort their garbage into 8 different, color-coded cans. Come on California, you can do it. Turn that joke into reality!

And here’s the bit:

https://youtu.be/Y64kCkZ5jVg

[toddausauras]

All this crap us going to make living even less affordable, great!

[ecomcon]

That’s what dogs and chickens are for.

[digger48]

That’ll smell nice on those 100 degree days when your 6 day old scraps ferment in a plastic tub

[SecondAmendment]

> "He (Ken Prue) believes keeping all of that out of the landfill will help the environment by eliminating many toxic gases created when food waste decomposes in the dump."

The enormous amount of scientific ignorance exhibited by those who now control our lives is breathtaking.

These people are not fit to hold office.

[ml/nj]

Are disposals still legal? Flush toilets?

ML/NJ

[Fungi]

And of course a new police force to enforce this unenforceable law. They will be called the trash police, their motto: “We love every bit of trash, and our bodies reek of it.”

[dfwgator]

"Hopefully, people give it a try, they have a good experience, and then they just start doing it," says Prue.

"Vee haf vays of making you recycle!"

California Über Alles!

[rfp1234]

Get a goat, problem solved.

[alternatives?]

Isn’t poop organic?

[BitWielder1]

What is the (not so) hidden cost of millions of people spending hours every week sorting their trash?
And if all the different kinds of garbage has to be transported and handled differently, how is that saving energy or anything else?
Did anybody do a feasibility study or trial runs before they made it into law?

[GreyFriar]

I foresee a grow in the rat, mice, racoon, and other varmint populations as well as flies and other insects that will get into the containers and spread their filth and disease.

And as ml/nj asked ‘are garbage disposals now illegal’?

[blueplum]

It probably looks good on paper, but green waste pickup in a lot of areas of the state is every two weeks. People are not going to keep a bin of rotten food in their kitchen for 2 weeks and a ‘small’ bin kept outside for that time will draw cats, rats, ants, possums, racoons, snakes and roaches.

A majority of homes in Calif have in-sink food disposal units so this ruling will probably end up with more scraps down the sink and into the sewer system, creating a potentially very expensive problem down the road.

[hanamizu]

I grew up in SoCal in the early 50s. Garbage and trash were collected separately. A lot of trash was burned in outdoor incinerators. A small garbage can was kept in the kitchen. Of course it stank. In the summer you could smell the garbage truck coming down the street before it got to your house.

So I guess what was old is now new again.