Semen Not Compostable in San Francisco

**Hellsbells** · July 17th, 2010, 11:56 AM

In San Francisco's era of mandatory composting, city officials want you to obey the law. But they do not want you to take the law into your own hands.

Regardless of what awaited behind the green door, sexual fluids are unwelcome within the green bin, according to the city's Department of the Environment.

In fact, says department spokesman Mark Westlund, the only bodily fluid you can compost in this city is snot. Bloody tissues? Throw 'em away; there's the specter of pathogen pollution. Bloody feminine products are doubly unwanted -- they're often made with composites that just don't break down.

But you'd be surprised at just what you can toss into the composting pile. Sexual paraphernalia is unwelcome -- but tea bags are fine! Even if it has a staple in it, the green bin is the place for teabagging.

Also, cigarettes and cigars -- whether post-coital or not -- are compostable. The filter portion of a cigarette, however, is not. And "We don't want any hot items going in there, really," notes Westlund.

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/...n_francisc.php

**Valasca** · July 17th, 2010, 12:05 PM

Well, this is more useless info i needed to fill my head with.
As a friend said, If it ever comes up in a game of Trivial Pursuit, I am prepared.

**malq** · July 17th, 2010, 12:09 PM

Composting freaks! It's the green movement run amok.

Last week I was in the grocery store the clerk said "paper or plastic" for my six pack of Keystone talls, dry, ice. 5.0% alcohol and a 40 ouncer of Shlitz malt liquor. I asked her if it mattered.She said plastic is bad for the environment. Of course I had to ask her if it was OK to clear cut square miles of forest for the paper bags. She then retorted that they are doing away with plastic anyways by charging 10 cents a bag and I will have to get used to it. You should have seen her face when I said "they cant do that! How am I going to start my fires?"

I think I will go back and hand her this article on the dangers of composting semen.
She is the kind who would think nothing of checking into a motel 6 and let her kids play on the floor of the room.