Thought composting was pointless until my kitchen trash weighed 4 pounds after 3 weeks
I started dropping banana peels and coffee grounds into a $15 bucket on my counter mostly to see if it would cut down on trips to the dumpster in my Chicago building. Three weeks in I weighed the bag before tossing it and it came to 4 pounds, down from the usual 11. What surprised me is the smell never got bad, which was my whole reason for putting it off for two years. I mostly changed my mind because the trash room stopped being a chore, not because of some big save the planet moment. Anyone else start composting for a dumb reason and stick with it for a different one?