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How to Compost Your Cat’s Litter (article)

Today on the street I was asked about an eco-friendly way to deal with cat litter. Oh, the conversations I get to have with people...I love it. Not being a cat owner, or any pet owner for that matter, I wasn't even sure what kitty litter is made of. I discovered that the "eco-friendly" cat litter is corn cob, pine chips, or if you're innovative and resourceful, sawdust. Using clay or sand kitty litter wouldn't work with compost, and it's not smart to dump down your toilet, either. Even though I don't use my compost for food purposes, I'd probably dump my cat litter in my compost ditch NEXT to the compost tumbler for a while...but I guess in a matter of time it would smell? Cats like to crap…

You know you’re a compostaholic when…

...you return from a vacation and psyched on the moldy food in your fridge. No matter how hard I try, I always have something that goes bad...but who cares. In the compost it goes. This time it was some tofurky, green peppers and grapes. I split up the spoils amongst the worm bin and the composter, so the tofurky and grapes went to the worms, and the green peppers went to the tumbler. Speaking of which, my new worm delivery was put on hold since I was on the left coast, and in the meantime it's picked up an awesome amount of mold...check it out: Is this a problem? Nope. Mold is not to be a concern in the bin. It sure does look ugly, though. If anything, before I…

Composting at its ugliest…thanks nonetheless!

Today I was eating at this goofy place in the Mission, and of all the composting efforts I've seen in the city, this was one of the sadder ones. Maybe sad isn't the best word, but more like not as effective as it could be. I understand that most people don't spend their days staring at waste receptacles, but this one in particular is pretty hideous. The rest of the space is this huge, open, bright area with hip and healthy food... then there's these black and red satanic turds by the door. Some quick suggestions for more effective compliance, which was not impressive: slightly varied sizes, make the holes different shapes, make the containers each a different color. Yet another method is using a different color bag...clear, blue and…