More on the science.

Garbage trucks get 2.8 miles per gallon

West Hollywood's waste diversion programs trucks restaurant waste from West Hollywood to California Biomass in Victorville, CA

The good news there, is that at least 5,000 tons per year are not going to the landfill.

But Victorville is a hundred miles from West Hollywood.  I'm glad for this program so I've written to someone at West Hollywood about it.