nearly 100 cities now have curbside composting.
But Waste Management, which makes money off hauling and dumping our waste, sees this as a threat to its business model. And it’s quite a bit of money. Waste Management’s revenues for just the second quarter of 2012 was $3.46 billion. “Their business model is based on controlling the landfills and ensuring that a lot of materials go there,” Peter Anderson, executive director of the Center for a Competitive Waste Industry, told Earth Island Journal.
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/09/why-doesnt-your-city-have-curbside-composting