Here in the UK municipal compost collections (or "food waste" as it’s more commonly known here) are the norm. Not all councils offer it, but the majority do and most of the ones that don’t are planning to introduce it.

Having a weekly collection is great and makes it easier for people to change their habits. But I’ve worked in the recycling industry for over five years now and I have found that food waste is a bit of a battle! I have spoken to so many members of the public over the years who tell me they don’t want to compost their food waste because it’s "disgusting," it "smells" and so on. During the summer months it’s pretty common to get requests for new rubbish bins from people who say that their bin is "attracting flies." I’m not really sure how they think that a rigid plastic container attracts flies, but when explaining that they could solve the problem by putting their food waste in their regular compost collection instead they are usually pretty adamant that won’t help and the only solution is to acquire a new bin…! You’d be surprised the number of different people I’ve had this same conversation with.

But anyway, my point is that it seems such a shame that over here it is made so easy for people to compost and a lot of people don’t appreciate it, when in other parts of the world you have to get really creative to find a solution! Great list of alternatives to municipal compost collections.