Austin to begin new composting mandate for apartment residents [Video]

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin residents living in apartments and condos will soon have a new collection container to use.

Beginning Oct. 1, Austin will require multifamily communities such as apartment buildings with five or more units to provide residents and employees with convenient access to composting collection services.

The composting containers are part of Austin’s Zero Waste initiative that aims to reduce the amount of trash while recycling and composting the rest.

The properties will be required to provide one gallon of composting capacity per residential unit with weekly collection and no overflowing containers. The containers must accept composting materials including food scraps, food-soiled paper and BPI-certified compostable products.

While the composting requirements already match existing recycling requirements, properties will still be required to teach residents and employees about …