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City Composting: Try the Alley?

I walked around in this alley and had a look inside all of the trash cans. The majority were for recyclables, but the ones that were trash, were mostly organic materials... this is going to be the case if you don't compost. Notice how much of a mess this alley is? It smelled pretty rank, too. Not that I care it smells, but the smells could be completely avoided by adding a trash can of another kind used for compost. This alley is one block from a public park full of leaves and dead plants (cover materials). Get creative and divert your organics...I promise you it isn't hard, and the rewards are beyond satisfying. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0EPnJJw198

Scarborough condo leading way toward ‘zero waste’

Check out this link to original article, reposted below: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/03/05/scarborough-condo-leading-way-toward-zero-waste.html By: David Rider City Hall Bureau Chief, Published on Sat Mar 05 2016 Toronto’s path to diverting all waste from a rapidly filling landfill might start at a Scarborough condominium. The 1,000 or so residents of Mayfair on the Green responded to skyrocketing waste fees with a multi-pronged diversion campaign. They turned the garbage chute into an organics collector, tapped city educational tools including multilingual signs and cut trash output to one dumpster every two months from one dumpster every week. “If you really talk to the people and they really understand, they will help,” says Princely Soundranayagam, the building’s superintendent who has spearheaded the transformation since 2004. “Also, put a dollar mark (of savings) in front of them.…

How to Compost in an Apartment (video)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7IM5sWl9GY I found this cool composting video that involves using a khamba, or series of 3 terracotta pots that you rotate as they're filled up with material. This reminds me of a stacking tray vermicomposting system, but for composting. They look beautiful, too! If I had this on my balcony, no one would know what they were for, unlike my kitty litter buckets. One interesting tidbit in there was when buttermilk was mentioned as a source of microorganisms to get a fresh compost pile activated...I'll have to try that one! I think this looks like a project that could be easily taken with 3 5 gallon buckets and lids: Fasten the lids on two of the buckets, cut out the lid except for the outer 2 inches or so, and…