what can you compost – Crazy About Compost

What you can and can’t compost curbside in Portland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5HTKh0mOUg Who cares about a composting video from another town? I do! I think the biggest takeaway is the "No" category- specifically the take-out containers... even when they say "compostable" on them. Unfortunately, a hefty chunk of products that "feel" like they're made of paper also have a layer of plastic sandwiched in there. I understand why it's in there (kind of)... if the food stays in there long enough without that crap, it'll seep right through the paper and make a mess. Take out food is awesome when you're feeling lazy, but it also totally sucks from a waste perspective. While I'm at it- Why is it that Grubhub allows you to "try to save the earth" and select no utensils, napkins, sauces, etc, but you always get them…

Guide to Composting in the Winter (article)

Have you ever checked out the website earth911.com? I've checked it out plenty when it comes to finding recycling avenues for anything imaginable...but I never thought to see if they had any material on composting. It turns out that they do, and I've been asked a lot about starting a compost pile in the winter. While composting isn't easy in the wintertime, it is doable. Let's see what earth911 has to say about it in the article below... Just as you started to get into a solid groove with your compost pile this past summer and fall, churning over plentiful amounts of that beautiful garden gold, BAM! Winter hits. But don’t throw in the shovel just because a white blanket of snow or a hardened sheet of ice now sits…

Top Ten Secrets – #1 Compost, How and Why

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-DuvERqT1g This guy rules. He goes over a number of different methods to get started composting, but what I like is his first method discussed is simply digging a hole. This is how I got started, and I still like to bury food scraps from time to time in a pit just for fun. He has great energy... I really like how he blasts store bought compost activators as a waste of time- they are. They might work but they're definitely not worth it. Whether it's a hole in the ground, a bin or a tumbler, you can get started composting quite easily and start turning your waste into a valuable resource.