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January 21, 2026

 

APARTMENT DEPARTMENT

How Do I Convince My Super to Compost?After a rocky rollout involving street trash and poop bags, he totally gave up. But I know it can work!

By Clio Chang

Illustration: Emma Erickson

Dear Apartment Department,

When curbside composting was first announced, my super put a compost bin out and it was great. I started composting for the first time ever! But because he had to put the bin in our street-facing courtyard, it got overrun with passersby throwing trash and dog poop in it. Now the bin is gone and we have no way to compost. Aren’t buildings required to compost by law? I don’t want to add more work for my super, but how can I push my building management to figure out a composting solution? I very much don’t want him to think I’m annoying.

Yours,

I’m Chill, Seriously

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