Vancouver Organics Collection

I've never seen cans quite like these... pretty funny! Based on their disposal at the time, they seemed pretty effective. I love the food scraps can... it made me realize that labeling a compost receptacle in a public place as "food scraps" must be the best way. When you see the word "Organics" or "Compost", that means you have to know what that means in order to do as requested. Isn't compost poop?  Organic food?  I don't have time for this; I'm just throwing everything over here.  We all know someone like this. With "food scraps", you simply know what that means.  Further, with so many disposable plastic-lined paper products ruining compost everywhere, this might help keep them out of the stream. The trash can having a lid vs the…

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Composting in a backyard bin at City Farmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH8Lk0GRQtk This video really makes me like my trash can composter! The Earth Machines are cool, but where's the ventilation on the sides? I'm tempted to mock the thing by cutting out a door and adding a hinge at the bottom of my trash can, but why bother? I'm really enjoying doing as little as possible to get the composting right. Rat traps??? Something's wrong here.  No need to worry about rats if you're covering every single food scrap deposit with a fresh layer of brown materials. Either way, I'm glad Vancouver is composting!

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