Our office here in Peru tried composting for several months, dutifully giving a large red bin table scraps and sawdust and the occasional stir. Though we had such hope in those days, our compost would not cooperate. Something in the humid salty smoggy air of Lima led the bin down a terrible, unspeakable path that is – without question – definitely not towards compost. In fact, I once saw a green tendril reach out of the bin and grab an unsuspecting pigeon. True story.

So I feel a bit better knowing that even well-meaning professionals are having a hard time with composting. Mariposa, California, a popular stop on the way to Yosemite, can’t seem to get its massive compost pile under control, leading to dozens of complaints from nauseous neighbors. The $8 million project hoped to turn the stream of waste left by Yosemite’s millions of visitors into something useful – instead, for the time being, it’s a giant smelly white elephant.

Back here in Lima, we’re all too afraid of what waits for us in the red bin to deal with the problem. See no evil…

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See Also: In-home Composting,And only Peru knows why…,Villa el Salvador, Pamplona,

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