The Monster Under the Sink
In the middle of the 20th century, the small town of Jasper, Indiana did something that no other city had done before: they made garbage illegal. The city would still collect some things, like soup cans and plastics, but yucky junk, like food waste, wouldn't get picked up.
This change was made possible by a new appliance: the garbage disposer - that little grinding machine at the bottom of a lot of kitchen sinks.
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Currently living in Germany and garbage disposers are not allowed. All food scraps are collected in a "bio" bin which includes vegetable scraps and yard waste. It is taken away, ground up, composted and then offered back to the community for free as mulch for gardens or yards. I'm not sure about meat (beef, chicken, pork, fish) scraps as my wife and I do not eat meat. But, I believe this is not allowed in the bio bin and must go in the general waste bin. It's been an adjustment after having a house for previous 10 years, in USA, with a garbage disposer, but not upsetting to daily living and takes very little effort to stay on top of our food waste. Plus, we have grabbed a few shovelfuls of mulch from the local recycling center. So we feel as though whatever inconvenience we may experience in taking care of our daily garbage management we get free mulch back; it seems fair.