My city's compost program costs $2.1 million a year to run and only gets used by 4% of households

Eva Thomas · 2026-09-17T21:25:04.460277+00:00

I pulled up the budget report from the city of Fort Collins website last week and sat there staring at the number, because everyone in my neighborhood group acts like curbside compost is this huge win while almost nobody on my street even puts the bin out.

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