After dinner, Juli Fleming scrapes leftover rotisserie chicken and veggies into a small, white bin. She puts the bin on the floor next to her white and light-wood kitchen counters.
“It’s so easy,” Fleming said.
Fleming is composting. She’s a participant in a pilot program in Avondale Estates looking into making composting a municipal service, like trash and recycling pick up.

Avondale Estates resident Juli Fleming consolidates compostable food waste as she cleans up after dinner.(Matthew Pearson/WABE)
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