the city found out a few weeks ago that it was keeping 70 percent of its disposable waste out of local landfills
one of the main reasons the city keeps up the pressure to recycle
The No. 1 export for the West Coast of the United States is scrap paper
Another major innovation in the past decade was the development of infrastructure for turning food wastes
into baggable compost that is used in California’s vineyards and the vast farms of the Central Valley
The garbage from San Francisco’s 750,000 residents is picked up on the pay-as-you-throw principle — the more garbage bins you need, the higher your monthly fee
The city has 12 recycling streams, or programs, devoted to different materials, including regular garbage, construction debris, furniture and paint.
will soon be sending the city’s Board of Supervisors a proposal that would make the recycling of cans, bottles, paper, yard waste and food scraps mandatory instead of voluntary
clipped from: www.sfenvironment.org 
