A citywide pilot program to collect food scraps from District residents has run into a completely unexpected problem: bucket theft. Big-time bucket theft. Each of the 9,000 households ...

But with bokashi composting, organic matter is placed in an airtight composter or bucket, covered with a natural bran inoculated with beneficial microorganisms, and fermented for 2 weeks.

Still, the tiny freezer compartment has no space to hold a bag of food scraps. “Even having a compost bucket, you are just asking for fruit flies,” she said. Pelton didn’t want to spend ...