Ever since I found out that nothing decomposes in landfills (the photo stuck in my head is of someone uncovering a 10 year old hot dog, but then, are hot dogs really organic anyway?) I have tried not only to recycle but to use the disposal for food items. I don’t know if putting mashed food into our sewage system is any better then putting it into landfill, but it’s almost impossible to compost (the best solution) in a condo with no yard. Recently, however, I read this Straight Dope column that says “the landfill crisis of the late 1980s was a myth propagated by the media with the aid of environmentalists”. It also gives some hard facts about the reality of recycling. Now I know to get a mulching lawn mower. First, I need to get a lawn.