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Charlotte Airport to Open Recycling Center with Composting System

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN_i5aewudk I love this dude! I'm lousy at any form of gardening/cooking and watching his videos gives good tips and perspective. I'm glad he made a video just for this announcement...it's a good one that we shall see more of in the future, I'm sure. Think about ideal candidates for sorting waste...airports should be up there on your list. It's already so restrictive as it is, that with some adjusting to the food establishments you could easily control your waste stream even more to prevent any contamination. It appears that they're looking at a 5 year ROI which isn't bad at all, and it's one heck of a message to the others out there. They don't seem to mention anything about separating the other waste streams, but that must be…

Compost Window at Tyler School of Art

I was sifting through a few months' worth of pictures on the camera, and I found this gem: Can you tell what it is? It's a sideview of an indoor compost pile in action. Pretty cool! I spent some time at Tyler School of Art's "Coffree Mondays" hosted by Robert Blackson a few months ago, and it was a great vibe. I was asked to hang out and talk about waste and environmental issues. I thought there would be people to speak to, but the majority just wanted to get their free coffee and get the heck out of there. I couldn't blame them, I'm not an early riser and I definitely wasn't during my hellish time in school. The coolest thing they had besides encouraging the reusable lifestyle with…

Begich Middle School Composting (video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIvpiUFms_Q I love seeing the kid in this video explaining the process, and he definitely gets it. We need more of this! Know of any schools that are composting near you? This is one of those things that I foresee really taking off in the coming years. Why? It's simple ownership of the students' (and staff's) waste that can merge nicely with an Environmental Science or Home Economics class that most if not all kids have to take at some point. Plus, these behaviors can make their way home and just like that our landfill impact drops. While Newt Gingrich made those extra-strength ignorant comments about replacing a custodian's job with students as young as 9 years old, maybe this is a little more realistic. Kids can take turns collecting…