community composting

Original article found here: http://www.mpnnow.com/news/20161128/naples-area-compost-operation-growing-and-thriving A small backyard compost turned into a rich farming operation in Prattsburgh that is keeping Naples-area food waste out of the landfill By Julie Sherwood (jsherwood@messengerpostmedia.com) Al Zappetella makes weekly rounds through Naples to pick up buckets of kitchen scraps. Barrels of discarded onion skins, banana peels, coffee grounds, egg shells, apple cores and other food waste — along with leaves, yard trimmings and other organic waste — get trucked a few miles down the road to Prattsburgh. Zappetella has been doing the free pickups for a few years now. That is, after he and partner Celeste Arlie realized they were outgrowing their small, backyard compost pile in Naples. Family, friends and neighbors began adding to the pile. It cut everyone’s household waste by more…