On a city holiday, Los Angeles announced that the long-awaited curbside composting program was available citywide. Did anyone notice?You can get a free kitchen waste pail to store your food scraps in from the city starting today. Schedule an appointmentBut you don’t have to have to get a kitchen pail: A plastic container with a lid will work.
To keep odors at bay, Villalobos said, you can layer the food with sawdust or line it with used paper towels, sprinkle baking soda in the pail and store it in the fridge or freezer. An extra tip is to empty your kitchen container or pail and wash it regularly — the pails are dishwasher friendly. The composting program and the pails are not available to customers of RecycLA . If your property manager requests it through the RecycLA provider, a pail may be available for pickup.This article is from The Times’ Utility Journalism Team. Our mission is to be essential to the lives of Southern Californians by publishing information that.
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