Comments on: Festival Food Waste http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/07/10/festival-food-waste/ a look at how America squanders nearly half of its food Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:26:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Jonathan http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/07/10/festival-food-waste/#comment-1035 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:17:47 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/07/10/festival-food-waste/#comment-1035 Aha--good questions! I asked the same thing about the meat and bones. We composted that stuff along with everything else. Apparently we're told to avoid it for home composting just because it'll attract rodents (as if ours doesn't already). As for the compostable cutlery, there's a wide variety, but most are biodegradable because they're made from corn and potato starch. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/12/biodegradable_d_2.php Aha–good questions! I asked the same thing about the meat and bones. We composted that stuff along with everything else. Apparently we’re told to avoid it for home composting just because it’ll attract rodents (as if ours doesn’t already).

As for the compostable cutlery, there’s a wide variety, but most are biodegradable because they’re made from corn and potato starch.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/12/biodegradable_d_2.php

]]> by: Emily http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/07/10/festival-food-waste/#comment-928 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:17:31 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/07/10/festival-food-waste/#comment-928 Jon, what's the story with the "compostable cutlery"? I'm also wondering if you guys had to separate out the turkey and dogs from the non-meat waste. In our compost pile we don't include animal products -- is that just to avoid attracting scavengers? Jon, what’s the story with the “compostable cutlery”? I’m also wondering if you guys had to separate out the turkey and dogs from the non-meat waste. In our compost pile we don’t include animal products — is that just to avoid attracting scavengers?

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