Friday Buffet

In addition to being my brother’s birthday, Saturday is (the) International Climate Day of Action. 350.org, has issued this call to action to get our atmospheric CO2 below 350 parts per million. It’s imperative stuff. You can find local events on the site, and don’t forget that reducing food waste helps the environment, too. — —The Times ran a page one, zero waste article on Monday, including composting. From where I blog, the whole idea of being responsible with our waste is heating up. Now if

San Francisco Implements Nation’s First Mandatory Composting Law

San Francisco already diverts over 72% of its waste from landfills thanks to rigorous recycling efforts, and now the city is set to cut down on trash even more with the country’s first mandatory composting law, which took effect yesterday. Residents and businesses now have six weeks to start composting food waste, plant trimmings, and [...]read the entire article

Mandatory Recycling Composting a Hit in SF

Always a pioneer in modern technology, San Francisco is quickly becoming a leader in the environmental community as well. The city is the first in the nation to implement laws requiring residents to recycle and compost. Tossing food waste in a trashcan is now illegal in SF , and anyone who disobeys this law risks paying a $500 fine. While many criticized the law would impose on citizen's freedom (and many speculated that this would be a total waste - no pun intended), businesses and

Coway WM03 Food Waste Treatment System – High tech composting

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The Do’s and Don’t of Garden Composting

Composting is both great for the environment and for you wallet. It saves lots of waste from ending up in the land fill. It also reduces the strain on local garbage sites as well as saves a bit of fuel each week (garbage truck makes less trips to the dump). You can compost just about any organic materials that you want. You can put in grass, leaves, household food waste, vegetables, fruit (although citrus rinds take a long time to compost). If you are just starting out you most likely will w

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