Bristol or Barrington will soon have the chance to put food scraps out for pickup as part of new programs created by the towns. The two East Bay communities are the first in the state to experiment with municipal curbside composting services.
They鈥檙e partnering with the Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District and a private composting company on a two-year pilot program that鈥檚 set to begin collections Sept. 18. Residents must sign up to participate. They鈥檒l be able to put a bin with their food waste out for collection every week alongside their regular trash cans and recycling bins.
The towns are using grant money from 11th Hour Racing to offer discounted rates for households that sign on to the pickup service that will be operated by Massachusetts-based Black Earth Compost.