POLICY POST: Reduce your Trash or pay higher for waste collection (and other good things in a city near you)

Change is coming to a city near you!

I wrote about how Seattle is becoming a Carbon-Neutral City (at http://tinyurl.com/2fbu9fk )

Now Sanford, Maine is going to charge you by the weight/volume for the trash you generate. http://tinyurl.com/25br8d4

But wait there's more that other cities are doing. Check out this comprehensive list of Clean-Green initiatives in major US cities.:

http://ecolocalizer.com/2010/08/17/2010-smarter-cities-for-energy/

The point is simple - If you are not going to change your consumer behavior, its going to get harder when regulation comes knocking on the door. But luckily there is tons of help. http://www.zerowasteamerica.org/ will give you lots of ideas on how to reduce your waste.

If you are planning to build your own home, I would seriously recommend building your own waste-digester that will provide you biogas methane to power your own home. See this video which tells you have to do it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2SMQGUuY3g