San Marcos CISD looks to save landfills by composting

SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) – In an attempt to reduce the amount of trash entering the Austin landfill, the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District started a composting program that has proved to be extremely successful.
“On an average elementary campus, we used to throw away about 30-40 bags of trash per day per campus,” said SMCISD Director of Custodial Services Robert Gutierrez. “Once we started to compost, we averaged about six to eight bags of trash per day.