Help Support a Community Composting Project!
[ original posting found here: http://www.unilevervyzva.sk/83.komunitne-kompostovanie-v-ziline/ or here via google translate: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unilevervyzva.sk%2F83.komunitne-kompostovanie-v-ziline%2F&edit-text=&act=url ] Recently, a gentleman by the name of Michal Vavrik emailed me asking for support with his sustainability project in his hometown of Zilina, Slovakia. Michal is proposing a project that will utilize a communal compost bin for 12 households to share. He has received approval from the Department of Environment, and if it goes well I can see that this model will spread. Utilizing a shared compost bin in a mutually agreed upon location is the best scenario... a huge chunk of residencies are cramped apartments or spaces without a backyard or area to process food waste. Composting is a great gateway into other forms of waste reduction, and the reality is that it's simple to do…