the simple expedient is for those who can to make a little corner of their yard a compost heap, but for the meat. 
What makes sense is for someone from the city of Eugene - an employee - to call Linn County and say "how do you do it?" and implement their (successful) methods. Instead, the City takes a stab at reinventing the wheel. Similar to the millions being spent to investigate bike share instead of calling Portlnd or Boulder or any other city with a similar program, Eugene will spend money on consulting and pilot programs and consulting. Of course, this article
is about waste..