San Fran Mandates Composting

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Don't get caught trashing a banana peel in San Fran.

The city's already on the forefront of the green movement with its rigorous recycling programs, now it's passed a mandatory composting law that went into effect this week. The first such mandate in the nation, the program is the next step in mayor Gavin Newsom's plan to make San Francisco landfill-independent by the year 2020.

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