Improving collection for food residuals

Hutchinson, Minnesota, has started to include food residuals into its existing composting program for organic waste materials. The city has been given a grant of US$100,000, with 50% being allocated for setting up the organics collection system and the other 50% for training people involved in the project. Food waste is collected from two local supermarkets and two other large companies. Schools and local homes will be included at a later date. Store managers were worried that food waste would smell and attract flies and vermin outside their premises but this has not happened.