Rhea Grover, a Zero Waste Specalist, gave us a primer on how to “Be Better at the Bin” by properly sorting items for the compost (green), recycle (blue), and garbage (black) bins provided to customers of Recology in San Francisco.
Grover showed videos of Recology’s waste sorting systems. She said the 700 tons of materials collected daily from green bins becomes high nutrient compost for farm fields, vineyards and gardens.
Items from blue bins are sorted mechanically and by hand and sold for recycle and reuse in other forms. Trash and garbage from black bins goes to landfills.
Grover said San Francisco’s goal is to become a zero waste community, which takes cooperation from all the city’s residents, businesses and public entities.