Comments on: Taking Compost to the Curb http://earth911.com/news/2009/03/09/taking-compost-to-the-curb/ Find Recycling Centers and Learn How To Recycle Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:41:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kristen Hess http://earth911.com/news/2009/03/09/taking-compost-to-the-curb/comment-page-1/#comment-46044 Kristen Hess Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:18:00 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=13616#comment-46044 Dawn, That looks like a very great product. Thank you for sharing. It may be a little pricey and bulky for some though. In that case, I'd recommend checking out the CompoKeeper (www.compokeeper.com). It's perfect for storing scraps in the kitchen for longer periods of time, until the biodegradable bag is full and can be easily transferred to the larger recycling bin that will be picked up by the curbside pick-up provider. Dawn,

That looks like a very great product. Thank you for sharing. It may be a little pricey and bulky for some though. In that case, I’d recommend checking out the CompoKeeper (www.compokeeper.com). It’s perfect for storing scraps in the kitchen for longer periods of time, until the biodegradable bag is full and can be easily transferred to the larger recycling bin that will be picked up by the curbside pick-up provider.

]]> By: Dawn Wiley http://earth911.com/news/2009/03/09/taking-compost-to-the-curb/comment-page-1/#comment-37248 Dawn Wiley Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:57:51 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=13616#comment-37248 this is a product made for in-home composting, I'm researching it for a school project--looks like it might be a good match for your condo or townhome. this is a product made for in-home composting, I’m researching it for a school project–looks like it might be a good match for your condo or townhome.

]]> By: Taking Compost to the Curb | greenwashingspy.com http://earth911.com/news/2009/03/09/taking-compost-to-the-curb/comment-page-1/#comment-26336 Taking Compost to the Curb | greenwashingspy.com Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:56:29 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=13616#comment-26336 [...] Read more about it here. [...] [...] Read more about it here. [...]

]]> By: eric wood http://earth911.com/news/2009/03/09/taking-compost-to-the-curb/comment-page-1/#comment-25453 eric wood Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:34:13 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=13616#comment-25453 I have been contemplating composting, but i live in a town home community and space is an issue. Anyone have any ideas for me? www.goinggreenaccidently.blogspot.com I have been contemplating composting, but i live in a town home community and space is an issue. Anyone have any ideas for me?

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]]> By: jeri leigh http://earth911.com/news/2009/03/09/taking-compost-to-the-curb/comment-page-1/#comment-25394 jeri leigh Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:56:21 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=13616#comment-25394 Thank you so much for this article!!! The company I represent, Nature Friendly Products™, is dedicated to offering a complete line of fully biodegradable and compostable food service tableware, cutlery, cold cups, straws and trash bags for the food service industry. We produce more than 200 food service items that are 100% biodegradable and compostable, returning quickly, safely, and completely to nature. Our products are fully compostable within 50-100 days in commercial composting facilities, providing consumers with a safe, eco-friendly alternative to landfill disposal. Our products can be sent to the composting facility as used—no scraping or sorting required. Nature Friendly Products meet BPI (Biodegradable Products Institute) standards for compostability, are California ASTMD Approved and US Compost Council Certified. We just got back from the Natural Products Expo in LA and people were so excited about our products, but did not know how they can dispose of it. We speak with organizations on a daily basis who want to move forward with compostable food service, but worry that the increased front end costs, and lack of compostable waste removal routes, will end up costing significantly more. We like to make the arguement that it costs less to compost than to landfill, but without that infrustructure really set up, we are just sort of talking around the issue. Thank you so much for this article!!!
The company I represent, Nature Friendly Products™, is dedicated to offering a complete line of fully biodegradable and compostable food service tableware, cutlery, cold cups, straws and trash bags for the food service industry. We produce more than 200 food service items that are 100% biodegradable and compostable, returning quickly, safely, and completely to nature.
Our products are fully compostable within 50-100 days in commercial composting facilities, providing consumers with a safe, eco-friendly alternative to landfill disposal. Our products can be sent to the composting facility as used—no scraping or sorting required. Nature Friendly Products meet BPI (Biodegradable Products Institute) standards for compostability, are California ASTMD Approved and US Compost Council Certified.
We just got back from the Natural Products Expo in LA and people were so excited about our products, but did not know how they can dispose of it. We speak with organizations on a daily basis who want to move forward with compostable food service, but worry that the increased front end costs, and lack of compostable waste removal routes, will end up costing significantly more. We like to make the arguement that it costs less to compost than to landfill, but without that infrustructure really set up, we are just sort of talking around the issue.

]]> By: Steve Uydess http://earth911.com/news/2009/03/09/taking-compost-to-the-curb/comment-page-1/#comment-25353 Steve Uydess Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:22:49 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=13616#comment-25353 Jim, there is a big difference between the composting of food waste, the topic of this article, and the disposal and handling of sewage which is a flawed process in many places. Food waste has none of the problems that you mention in your comment, and neither should sewage for that matter, if people are doing their jobs. When human waste is composted for a suitable period, the pathogens are removed, and we are left with useful fertilizers. Check out the Op-Ed piece in the New York Times called "Yellow is the New Green," which discusses many places where alternatives to expensive treatment processes and the dumping of raw sewage are having success. It even has the Teddy Roosevelt quote! I agree though, that as a society we need to begin discussing how we handle all kinds of waste. Jim, there is a big difference between the composting of food waste, the topic of this article, and the disposal and handling of sewage which is a flawed process in many places. Food waste has none of the problems that you mention in your comment, and neither should sewage for that matter, if people are doing their jobs. When human waste is composted for a suitable period, the pathogens are removed, and we are left with useful fertilizers. Check out the Op-Ed piece in the New York Times called “Yellow is the New Green,” which discusses many places where alternatives to expensive treatment processes and the dumping of raw sewage are having success. It even has the Teddy Roosevelt quote! I agree though, that as a society we need to begin discussing how we handle all kinds of waste.

]]> By: Jim Bynum http://earth911.com/news/2009/03/09/taking-compost-to-the-curb/comment-page-1/#comment-25346 Jim Bynum Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:12:24 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=13616#comment-25346 Composting is not as safe as some people would have you believe. "In 1910, Teddy Roosevelt observed that "[C]ivilized people should be able to dispose of sewage in a better way than putting it in the drinking water." (Nancy Stoner, NRDC) One hundred years later, after spending 69 billion in the 70s on sewage treatment plants, sewage experts are not only putting antibiotic resistant pathogen contaminated sewage in drinking water, they are putting it on our food and where our children play. It is time we require the wastewater industry, FDA, and EPA to quit misleading the public, work in the real world, with real science, just as hospitals must do when they test for infectious disease causing organisms in humans. If the required testing was for bacteria that grow at optimum temperature became the standard, without suppressing pathogenic bacteria they don't want to find, there would be no sludge biosolids or reclaimed water use near food supplies or our children and all water would be safer. If the wastewater industry did not lie about the nature of the tests they would not be exposing the public to so many pathogenic disease organisms and health costs would be reduced. Composting is not as safe as some people would have you believe.
“In 1910, Teddy Roosevelt observed that “[C]ivilized people should be able to dispose of sewage in a better
way than putting it in the drinking water.” (Nancy Stoner, NRDC)

One hundred years later, after spending 69 billion in the 70s on sewage treatment plants,
sewage experts are not only putting antibiotic resistant pathogen contaminated sewage in
drinking water, they are putting it on our food and where our children play. It is time we require
the wastewater industry, FDA, and EPA to quit misleading the public, work in the real world,
with real science, just as hospitals must do when they test for infectious disease causing
organisms in humans. If the required testing was for bacteria that grow at optimum temperature
became the standard, without suppressing pathogenic bacteria they don’t want to find, there
would be no sludge biosolids or reclaimed water use near food supplies or our children and all
water would be safer. If the wastewater industry did not lie about the nature of the tests they
would not be exposing the public to so many pathogenic disease organisms and health costs
would be reduced.

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