Green Lining

Scraps aren't smelly when frozen.

During the hot summer the compost bin is quite odoriferous. If we deposited only yard trimmings, it would hardly smell.

On the other hand table scraps, which now go into the bin, become very ripe after a few days. Ants are the first to invade, and if a stiff wind should blow the lid open, birds and vermin swoop in. We now put organic garbage in the freezer until the night before the weekly pick-up.

Both the time spent on garbage and our energy consumption have gone up, but at least we can pat ourselves on the back for being green.

Another green lining: we have stopped mocking people who freeze their jeans.