so, i'm coming up against a problem surrounding compost.

for years, i dropped my compost off at a muslim youth group. yes: i'd rather have dropped it somewhere else, somewhere secular. but, at least i wasn't wasting it. and i couldn't find anywhere else...

the youth group shut down, and now i have nowhere to bring the compost.

the ideal solution would be to set up a green bin program, but the city council says it's too expensive - a laugh, considering that they've built two new city halls over the last decade. there would no doubt be plenty of money for this, if they'd stop wasting it on themselves.

the truth is that there isn't any popular support for this, here.

i live in an old apartment with potential rodent and roach issues. i shouldn't even be leaving leftovers out. the idea that i can compost this myself, in this building, is a non-starter. what i do is leave it in the freezer until i find somewhere to compost it...

the ontario government has mused about setting up green bin programs, province wide. this would be something i'd vote for.

right now, my freezer is nearly full, and i'm running the risk of having to empty it a second time (i didn't find out the old drop-off was closed until a few days before i moved, and i just had to get rid of bags and bags of organic material, because my new freezer was a lot smaller than the old one).

the city council will never pass this here. the city votes ndp, but it's not very educated, and consequently tends to view any kind of environmentalism, including things as basic as bike lanes, as a waste of money. it's a city full of dumb union stooges that just don't care about the environment; this is a city that is very much susceptible to a trump or ford like demagogue, should one appear. sadly, a local politician could probably win an election in this city by promising to cancel all recycling altogether.

i'm not exaggerating: people really just don't care, here, to the point that they get angry and hostile over the costs. it's depressing, but i know better than to think you can convince these people of anything...

so, if this is not legislated provincially, it won't happen.

in the mean time? wish me luck. but, i have a month to figure this out, at most, before i need to start clearing. and, i don't think i'm going to find anybody to take it...

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.