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Condoms in the Worm Bin: Latex Love or Trojan Travesty?

You may remember a few months ago when I put expired latex condoms in my compost tumbler...eventually the microbes gobbled them up, and they are now gone. How do you think worms will respond to them? My worm bin is chock full of critters other than worms, so I think that even if the worms don't want them, everything else in the bin will eat them over time. Let's find out. Does this make me a bad father? From left to right, we have the untouched condom, the barely tampered with condom, and then a shredded condom on the right: What's the point of this? Honestly, I have no idea. It's not like everyone has expired (or used) condoms just sitting around waiting to compost. Well, I'll keep you posted…

Do You Think Starbucks is Sustainable?

When you're out on the road, sometimes you have to settle for crappy coffee. Avoiding gas station coffee is of utmost importance, but that often leaves you with Starbucks. I always leave Starbucks thinking the same thing: They like to market themselves as sustainable, but are missing out on quite an opportunity. As a trash dude, I'm always looking at waste streams and how an establishment is designed to handle them. Starbucks (and any coffee shop for that matter) has a severely simple one. On the back end, there's coffee grinds and cardboard. I saw that Starbucks has had the Grounds for Your Garden campaign since 1995...none of the employees had any idea what this was. Smart for Starbucks though, as it saves them on waste hauling fees and greens…

Time to compost?

I think so. That's when you know you're a compostaholic, as they say... I'm always stoked to find food I forgot about in the fridge. Even though this was enough for two rice cooker dinners, so that sucks!