httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMghYozrkCQ In Austria, it looks like vermicomposting is picking up momentum! It's strange to me though, because they use earthworms instead of red wigglers. The thermophilic compost is created from alfalfa, manure and straw before being fed to the earthworms to turn into a super fine casting. Alfred Grand appears to be a pretty stoic dude, doesn't he?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNx3_qJU8G0 I posted this video recently on my other website, tylertalkstrash.com, and then I realized it had some crossover here. Schools are a blaring example of composting potential, and you teach the kids about it and hold them responsible for its success. This came to mind as I was taking a stroll downtown earlier and walked in front of a shoe store that had its trash on the street. It didn't take long to realize that they are yet another industry that could easily compost their waste with little to no contamination. All they have is cardboard boxes neatly flattened, shoe boxes smooshed into garbage bags along with the tissue paper you put inside and around the shoe. Check it out: It's hard to think of an industry that couldn't…
VILLAGERS are celebrating after the firm planning to build a compost dump near Awsworth withdrew its planning application. But a plan for a smaller plant from the same developer near the sewage works off Halls Lane, Newthorpe, is still ‘live’ according to Nottinghamshire County Council. The proposed Westby Lane plant would have seen 12 32-tonne lorries travel back and forth through Awsworth each week, leading to grave concerns from residents that the roads in the village could not handle it. The local residents’ and tenants’ association mobilised a campaign against the plan with dozens joining protests near the proposed site in Babbington after Alfreton-based HW Martin’s plans were revealed in May. Many of the campaigners were concerned about health risks from airborne pollutants and Awsworth parish councillor Kurt Whitten…