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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish Maryland or at least MoCo would institute municipal compost pickup for residential customers.  When I asked years ago, I was told there was no place in Maryland to bring the compost. Strains credibility a bit, I think, but I could be wrong. We do back yard composting but many do not and it limits what we can compost.  I would think with China reducing its demand for recycling, it would be good to increase composting and switch to more compostable products in restaurants, etc., to the extent single use items are still in play.[/quote]
Yes.. I'm also from CA.  The city in CA that I lived in gave us compost buckets.  Now, in MD we compost on our own.

As for solar panels, I believe MD does do some kind of rebate program, but it's not that big. Of course, solar panels make more sense in CA, not so much in MD where it seems like half the year we have no sun :(   I miss CA weather.

It also makes more sense in CA for residents to have rain barrels. OP, as I'm sure you've noticed, MD gets a lot of rain. Your water bill is probably 1/3 of what it was in CA.  I know mine is.  But, my DH and I have also recently talked about getting a rain barrel. They aren't cheap though.   City of Rockville wil provide rebates for rain barrels.[/quote]

Compost poster here, also from California.  What’s interesting is that you can’t have rain barrels or other catchments in some places in California because they are protecting the need for groundwater. In Maryland, we don’t have that iissue.  That said, it’s so wet we rarely water our yard, with the exception of new plantings or the occasional dry spell. I miss the sun, too.[/quote]

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