2. I'm lucky enough to have apartment composting solutions at my disposal.
Once I exercised some creative thinking and researching muscles, I was able to figure out a convenient composting system that fit my needs.
I'm still not financially ready to pay the city to pick up my compost or buy a fancy apartment compost bin, but there are some more affordable options that I use:
My tiny vermicompost bin
My roommate stored her flour and sugar in old gallon ice cream containers, but she offered me one of them if I would store her flour in a mason jar. I punched a few holes in the ice cream lid, filled the bottom with damp soil, cardboard, and red wrigglers, and began feeding the pile with my food, untreated paper, nail clippings, and coffee scraps.
Sadly, It doesn't hold much. I usually use it for little things, but I would never be able to compost everything I need to. Luckily...
I have friends with compost piles