T | Crazy About Compost

…so does this place compost or not?

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000167 EndHTML:0000002061 StartFragment:0000000457 EndFragment:0000002045 So I'm staying at a hotel in New Jersey this week, and like usual I'm wondering if the place composts their food waste. I was at the Four Seasons Hotel in Philly and a great man by the name of Marvin Dixon was running a full-on compost program. I was so excited I had to learn more, and was ecstatic to learn that he was using finished compost for their rooftop basil gardens...truly an awesome effort. Public perception in the "green arena" can do a lot for a company's image. This hotel put forth a pretty weak effort all around to show any sustainability effort, which in this day and age is pretty disappointing. I really believe that eventually it's going to be a determining…

Compost Tumblers: Advantages and Disadvantages (video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_taElYPOuA This is a short and sweet video... he's either super strong or there's next to material in there! I'm surprised he didn't mention the benefit of having a tumbler spinning end over end vs. horizontally. This looks like a decent tumbler although it looks tippy. Either way, good stuff.

Managing Waste Easier With A Compost Tumbler (article)

A compost tumbler is certainly a welcome innovation for people who want to help the environment though composting. Among the many ways of managing waste to help reduce garbage output is composting. But some find the process tedious, making it harder for them to contribute to a greener earth. With the invention of compost tumblers, though, making compost becomes less of a hassle and a mess. Compost tumblers work by containing your compost and making it easier to mix your waste into the compost pile, eliminating the labor of having to turn it yourself with the use of a spade, shovel or pitchfork. Turning your waste in the pile helps it become compost faster. The designs of compost tumblers are also pleasant to the eye as compared to ordinary, open…