Good news for area composters. Composting will not ending this Sunday, but will continue for the remainder of the calendar year. The RSWA board voted unanimously on Tuesday to extend the composting pilot program through the end of 2016. The topic will come to the RSWA board again in August where data will be shared and a larger discussion about the future of the program will ensue.
Between January 6th and April 1st the pilot program collected a total of 2.92 tons of food waste averaging about a ton of food waste per month.
Rivanna’s Solid Waste staff will continue to collect data, input from citizens, and look for cost savings opportunities before the RSWA board revisits this topic. 55 comments were collected from the McIntire kiosk from January through April 15th, overwhelmingly positive. One community member stated, “Thanks for doing this! I’ve been waiting twelve years!” The program is especially popular for townhome, condominium, and apartment dwellers or for citizens that have varmint problems with their home compost. The annual survey conducted in April showed that the County/City breakdown was about 65/35.
Citizens are encouraged to take advantage of the program now, while it lasts.
For more information, check out our composting page. Please write to info@rivanna.org or your City Council or County Board of Supervisors, depending on where you live.
