Why Doesn't Your City Have Curbside Composting?

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MOTHER JONES September 10, 2012   THIS WEEK'S ECONUNDRUM Why Doesn't Your City Have Curbside Composting? Good news in the war on garbage: Nearly 100 cities now have curbside composting, and 24 states have passed laws banning yard waste from landfills. Keeping food scraps, leaves, tree limbs, and grass clippings out of the municipal waste facilities preserves limited space, and it saves money. So why don't more cities and states make it easier for us to compost? The answer might surprise you. [READ MORE]     MORE ENVIRONMENTAL & HEALTH COVERAGE Jobs for Military Vets to Rebuild Fisheries A new program aims to teach military veterans how to grow fish and jobs in Northern California. [READ MORE] Attack of the Brain-Eating Amoebas! Could climate change unleash a deadly new problem in our lakes and streams? [READ MORE]	MOST ACTIVE DISCUSSION Weird Republican Outrage Watch Republicans sure have a lot of bizarrely puerile criticisms of President Obama, don't they? [READ MORE]     MORE FROM MOJO Explicitly Fake Science Book Banned in Texas School District With chapters like "Chemistry: Blowing Things Up With Science," the book Fake Science 101 is clearly a farce—but the joke went right over the heads of some school officials. [READ MORE]   ADVERTISEMENT THE UN-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY Ronald L. Schoenewolf (rschoen@cox.net) Imagine what would happen if the United States was divided into two countries, with Democrats governing half and Republicans governing the other. In this work of fiction, the author, a liberal democrat, gives his view of what life would be like in each new country. Paperback - 86 pages - $11 Available at Rosedogbooks.com | Or call 800-834-1803   Become a fan of Econundrums on Facebook.   Read the Blue Marble
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