Hi domestikgoddez,

I didn't write this story,  but I had experience with a similar program when I lived in Tacoma. As the story mentioned, they provide you with a bin -- the program up north gave you an enclosed pail -- and you collect the food waste in that until you transfer it to the larger yard bin before pick-up time. 

It worked fairly well for our household. We set the bin on a step just outside our back kitchen door so odors wouldn't be an issue. It worked well, although we didn't have a garbage disposal so we probably used it more than we would have if we had a disposal.

Just some thoughts,

Christian Hill
Reporter, The Register-Guard