BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 17, 2024
Belfast city councilors unanimously voted on Tuesday night to launch a pilot drop-off site at the city’s transfer station for residents who want to convert their food waste into compost. When the one-year pilot program starts, residents will be able to drop off their food scraps at the transfer station in one of two ways. They can either leave their scraps without paying any direct fees, and not receive anything in return. Or they’ll be able to pay an $18 monthly fee to drop off scraps they’ve collected in a bucket provided to them through the program, and in return, they’ll receive composted material for their home gardens. A start date for the program was not mentioned on Tuesday.