Maybe right *after* Halloween would be better. Kids finding buckets of rotten fruit on our porches might assume those are the "treats" and really do a "trick" or two on our homes.

Hey, why not leave our shit and puke in there too? Wouldn't that solve the sewer problems? This is a big win for dogs, coyotes, rats, raccoon, flies, crows, etc.

"about (what) they"....

SOCIALISM IS A TOOL OF SATAN

Since I currently put my compost in a bowl and then carry it out to my backyard composter, can I start putting compost in my yard bin before Halloween? I don't really need their brown container to transport compost, and I'd love to get rid of meat scraps.

And, uh, yeah, this is probably not the right place to ask. I'll go try and find a City of Portland resource...

No outrage? Right, because people who have to actually work for a living can't loiter like the bums at City Hall all day.

So, how about the 1-3 people households who don't really produce that much food scrap in week or yard debris (I'm on a corner lot with lots of hard-scaping, so I just put out my first green bin of the year last week!). I can't let the food stuff sit in the bin for that long, but it seems like a waste of resources for weekly collection of bins with not much stuff in it).

Oh, I guess I'm on the same route as everyone else, so it won't be a resource waster. I'm just bitching because it creates a slight inconvenience to me and, dammit, I have to bitch about something - I'm white, male and privileged.

If you compost your veggie scraps in your yard already, you can usually fit you meat/egg/dairy scraps into some containers in your fridge and freeze them until time to take out the yard debris bin.

We do this for regular trash because we only take the can out maybe once a month as is. We use large yogurt tubs and just keep reusing them.

I wouldn't leave meat/dairy scraps in the yard debris bin unless it is pick up day the next day due to animals. Veggie I would if I didn't compost those at home.

In fact, I think I'll leave the bucket on my front porch, filled with rotting meat. Better than a "No Solicitors" sign!

I'm bringing heaping bag of dirty diapers to the front door of City Hall once a week.