Reducing what is sent to the landfill is great way to help
the environment. The most important aspect is reuse. You either don't want to
buy things that have a lot of packaging to dispose of or you want to use the
packaging for something else (e.g. you can use a jelly jar as a glass to drink
out of or store your homemade yogurt in). When you can't reuse you can recycle.
Recycling should be your next to last option, with sending things to the
landfill being your last. Recycling is better than nothing but it still isn't
very good. With everything that biodegrades you can compost it instead of
sending it to the landfill.
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I've wanted to compost for a while now but I had some space
issues. I have a small yard and as I've said before I live in a townhouse
connected to other houses so you really have to be aware of generating odors. I
was at a wonderful local store yesterday, Park
+ Vine, and they had an indoor composter for sale, All
Seasons Indoor Composter. It was $50, not terrible. The thing that really
drew me to it other than the indoor aspect to composting it also said that you
can compost meat and dairy wastes.
How the compost works is with a product called Bokashi.
Every time we add compost to the bin we add in a layer of Bokashi.
I can't give you a review just yet as I just started using
it yesterday but if it works not only will I be able to compost the usuals (egg
shells, vegetable leftovers, fruit peels, and coffee grounds) I'll also be able
to compost the fish pieces we don't eat or any left over yogurt we don't eat.
For those of you who don't know there are tons of things
that con be composted instead of sent to landfill or recycled. The link below
has a pretty good list. I'll have a update in a few weeks letting everyone know
how it is working for us.
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