This is actually a win-win for everyone. If you compost your garbage, then it won't sit in your trash barrels, getting gross and growing creepy-crawly things in it. That means you can probably send fewer trash bags to the landfill, saving you $$.

If your town doesn't offer curbside composting, ask around to see if any neighbors will take it. We have about 30 farm animals, ranging from rabbits to goats, and we maintain several fairly large piles out back of the house. I keep a five gallon bucket by the back door for all household garbage and used kitty litter, and carry it out to the piles a couple of times a week. The chickens follow me out and get first crack at it. I also take garbage from my daughter, who live nearby, and if anyone else in the neighborhood asked, I would gladly take their garbage, too.

All that yummy compost goes back into our fields and gardens in the summer.

But as for the law, I doubt it's being enforced at our level.