Michael Orr has managed (and most recently supervised) the expansion of curbside organics collection in Cambridge since 2015. The program has grown from 600 households to 25,000 households. When looking at the success of growing the program, the effort took root years ago. As early as the 1950s, Cambridge had a food scrap disposal program: the honey bucket garbage program for pig farmers. Since then the city has put in efforts to increase backyard composting, school composting, drop-off composting and commercial composting. Currently, trash tip fees are higher than organics tip fees. With trash costs expected to increase drastically in coming years due to landfill closures, it’s important to find ways to divert more waste. Cambridge is in a strong position to weather the increasing costs due to the curbside organics program. This helps the city reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reach waste reduction goals, and hedge against raising trash disposal costs.