Apparently food is not biodegradable, a hazardous substance...
Food should be banned. We need Food Free Zones.
We are experiencing this same BS here in Victoria, Canada. I damn well refuse to collect my food waste and am throwing it in the trash anyways. We tried this voluntarily on our own years ago as something to add to our compost. The result? Rats and fruit flies. I have had rats in my past 3 houses and they are a pain in the ass to get rid of. I am not exposing my home to rats again.
They have put the private trash collectors in a hard place. They private firms have to serve the needs of customers but are also being forced to somehow make customers comply with these new rules.