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I noticed that with our new waste management system that they offer a can for green waste. WTF? Are people really paying to have their food waste and clippings to be hauled off?
How many people compost? Many people in our area pay to have their waste removed. Most of the homes in my area have acreage and can dump their waste material in their gardens or make a small compost pile by digging a hole and use this area to dump what?
I started keeping a tab on how much waste material I take out a week to the pile. Every other day I have a gallon of food waste. Here is what I dump.
coffee grounds
vegetable clippings
fruit pieces that have gone bad
pasta
paper towels (used)
newspaper from the birds cage
old parrot hulls and seed
left overs of all kinds, excluding meats
used tissues
every plant clipping from your yard
Dog doo doo
There seems to be no end to the amount of food garbage that can be composted so why are people paying to have this garbage shipped out? Look at it from your advantage. It adds amendments back to your soil. No need for commercial fertilizer for your plants. The endless castings from worms making great soil. This rich soil also attracts good bugs.
My pit is open. It does not stink like some people think. Only the closed systems stink. So let's all think before we pay to have our most prized material carted off to some where else. It is garden gold.
How many people compost? Many people in our area pay to have their waste removed. Most of the homes in my area have acreage and can dump their waste material in their gardens or make a small compost pile by digging a hole and use this area to dump what?
I started keeping a tab on how much waste material I take out a week to the pile. Every other day I have a gallon of food waste. Here is what I dump.
coffee grounds
vegetable clippings
fruit pieces that have gone bad
pasta
paper towels (used)
newspaper from the birds cage
old parrot hulls and seed
left overs of all kinds, excluding meats
used tissues
every plant clipping from your yard
Dog doo doo
There seems to be no end to the amount of food garbage that can be composted so why are people paying to have this garbage shipped out? Look at it from your advantage. It adds amendments back to your soil. No need for commercial fertilizer for your plants. The endless castings from worms making great soil. This rich soil also attracts good bugs.
My pit is open. It does not stink like some people think. Only the closed systems stink. So let's all think before we pay to have our most prized material carted off to some where else. It is garden gold.