Sure, Virginia helped elect our first African-American president, but they wouldn’t compost at Mr. Jefferson’s University, would they?
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And while UVA may be composting, one dining hall at Portland State is attempting to go zero-waste. Oh, that’s so Portland.
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When I was a kid, we didn’t have fancy orange desserts, we ate orange rinds. That’s the way it was, and we liiiked it!!
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Food scrape!!! It’s like a food fight, but the opposite.
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And on another note…this could be the prettiest compost pail I’ve ever seen.
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I’m happy for Portland State University. That’s where my father teaches!
I’ll let Professor Wolk know.
-Katy Wolk-Stanley
“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”
http://thenonconsumeradvocate.wordpress.com
My husband gave me a stainless steel kitchen counter compost bucket a few months ago. It came from Crate & Barrel for which he had a gift certificate. It’s very attractive and has an odor filter (4 months or so and we still haven’t had to change it). The bucket gets filled up pretty quickly because we have a lot of veggies in the house – mostly from the CSA we belong to. When I was canning fruits and veggies this summer, the pail filled up really fast but it’s amazing how much stuff you can cram into it. Sometimes the stuff inside smells pretty bad by the time I get it outside and dump it on the pile I have created in the backyard. I don’t have an real composter,just a pile. We’ll see how well it does. Just organic kitchen waste and leaves. Probably not very scientific or correct but it will have to do for now.
Dee Dee–At the very least, you’re keeping food out of the landfill. Good work.
Just be sure to turn the pile every few days to keep it from going anaerobic (no air). That’s what makes your kitchen bin smell and the same will hold true for your outdoor pile. Plus, it releases methane when it goes anaerobic–not a happy thing for our environment!