Efficiency of backyard composting

Backyard composting as a supplement to centralized plant composting is increasingly being accepted in many parts of northern Italy. Many people in small rural areas, residential districts and municipalities surrounding large cities such as Bergamo, Milan and Padua are recycling organic materials on their own initiative. They have been helped and encouraged by town governments which are almost exclusively promoting backyard composting programs through funding for the equipment or by discounting the municipal refuse tax on interested families by 10%-30%.