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Resident asks Carbondale council about starting citywide residential composting program
Summary
A resident and local food-security leader asked the council Sept. 9 whether the city has plans for a residential composting program and how to coordinate with Southern Illinois University’s existing composting work.
Leah Maciel, a Carbondale resident, business owner and board member of the Southern Illinois Collaborative Kitchen, asked whether the city has plans or a contact for starting a citywide residential composting program.
Maciel said she attended the Southern Illinois Food Security Summit and learned about composting efforts led by Southern Illinois University’s agriculture department. She suggested a city program tied to existing recycling services that would give residents an option to subscribe to composting, reduce yard and food waste and keep organics out of the landfill.
The mayor advised Maciel to contact the city’s waste department and also to email council members so the request can be followed up. No staff report or council direction beyond those referral suggestions was recorded in the provided transcript.
