Milwaukee Launches Year-Long Organics Composting Pilot Study

Nearly 500 households are participating in the study and utilizing brown organics carts for organics waste.

Waste360 Staff, Staff

January 10, 2017

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Milwaukee Launches Year-Long Organics Composting Pilot Study
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Organics collection continues to gain traction in cities across the U.S., and Milwaukee is the most recent city to test out the system. In November 2016, the city launched a year-long organics composting study, and nearly 500 households are participating in the study and utilizing brown organics carts for organics waste.

The pilot program costs $12.75 a month, and pickup is every other week during the winter and weekly during the spring, summer and fall seasons.

Fox6 has more information:

It is the biggest trend in waste management: organics collection. City of Milwaukee officials want to know if it can work. Right now, the city is testing organics collection.

Nearly 500 Milwaukee households signed up for a new organics composting pilot study.

"I was really excited to see the city was doing this project," said Nick Fleisher.

Read the full story here.

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