On Sun, 2012-09-02 at 07:35 -0400, John Sundman wrote:
> We dutifully separate our garbage from our recyclables, but a few
> years ago there was a minor scandal when some citizens investigated &
> discovered that all the at-home  separating we were doing was coming
> to naught, because the garbage haulers were combining what we had
> separated. After a public outcry, the garbage haulers (who have a
> contract from the local government) promised to not combine any more. 

Shhhhhhh! LOL! Don't tell the Bangalore corporators, or they will tell
us "See, it happens in America too, and what's good for America should
be good for you"
> 
> One problem we struggle with is rats. They have eaten through the
> thick plastic compost bin we have.

Yes in fact we had this issue as well until we started doing in
Bangalore as the Bangaloreans do, which is to just chuck everything out
using the rule of thumb that someone wrote about in yesterday's paper:
NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard.

Having said that a partial solution to the rat problem would be to get a
carpet and furniture problem called a dog. 

shiv
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