Today, I woke up in the morning and peeked out in the backyard... there was a big yellow kitty litter bucket. I don't have cats, so this could only mean one thing... juicer waste! My compost tumbler was pretty dead at the moment as I don't have much in the way of food scraps...but this should fire it right up. I took the temperature before I put in the scraps: 70 degrees. Let's see what happens!
By SUZANNE VRANICA Frito-Lay, the snack giant owned by PepsiCo Inc., says it is pulling most of the biodegradable packaging it uses for its Sun Chips snacks, following an outcry from consumers who complained the new bags were too noisy. Touted by Frito-Lay as 100% compostable, the packaging, made from biodegradable plant material, began hitting store shelves in January. Sales of the multigrain snack have since tumbled. PepsiCo has been working on trying to find a quieter version of the packaging since it first introduced the new bags. Frito-Lay is returning to its old, nondegradable packaging, for five of the six Sun Chips flavors. It will continue to use the noisy packaging for its Sun Chips Original brand. It has been working on trying to find a quieter version of…
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2008/06/19/oprahs-earth-day-compost-bin-can-now-be-yours/ I realize I'm super late, I only just found this article. Now I'm not an Oprah follower, but I understand why most people like her. I've only seen parts of her show just a few times, and she's very likable. However, Oprah doesn't seem likeable to composting. Come on, Oprah...can you just fake it a little better so millions more people will really do it? Man, I wish I had the influence that Oprah did. I also highly recommend checking out the link to Daryl Hannah's $900 worm bin. She's right, it is super sexy.