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Countertop food-waste buckets are a great item

Wast Connections operations supervisor Peter Quaglino stands in front of a stack of boxes containing the new food scrap pails that will soon be distributed to 50,000 homes.
Wast Connections operations supervisor Peter Quaglino stands in front of a stack of boxes containing the new food scrap pails that will soon be distributed to 50,000 homes. Joe Johnston jjohnston@thetribunenews.com

I’m writing to express my sincere and heartfelt thanks to everyone involved with the development and deployment of the new food-waste recycling program. The buckets are unobtrusive countertop additions into which I can cheerfully dump bones, eggshells and pretty much everything food-related.

The aerobic decomposition in the large outdoor green bin cuts down on challenging odors dramatically. Best of all, my actual “garbage” is now so inoffensive that I can cheerfully paw through it for Nerf darts and misplaced toys without holding my nose. A dramatic improvement across the board.

John Clements, San Luis Obispo

This story was originally published April 1, 2017 at 7:58 PM with the headline "Countertop food-waste buckets are a great item."

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