Category Archives: Composting

Friday Buffet

Don’t waste bananas–they might not be around much longer (at least not at $0.49/lb.) — — This just in: Australians waste $6 billion worth of food. Maybe it’s time Aussies *not* ‘put an extra shrimp on the barbie.’ Apparently those in the Australian capital of Canberra waste the most. Fortunately, Australia’s first food recovery operation, […]

June 20, 2008 | Also posted in Food Recovery, Friday Buffet, Household, International, Restaurant | Comments closed

I Love L.A.

Cheer up, L.A. Your basketball team may have gotten smoked by the Celtics, but at least things are looking up on the food waste front. The City of Angels will launch a pilot program for household food waste composting in September. While the test program will only include 8,700 homes, let’s hope it catches hold […]

June 19, 2008 | Also posted in Waste Stream | Comments closed

Editorial Report

An op-ed by Cooper Lloyd in The Washington Post‘s new Green section pushed for city-wide curbside composting. If it adopted this kind of progressive plan, Washington could reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, free up space in its landfills and even generate fertilizer to keep the city’s parks and public spaces beautiful. In countering one potential […]

June 16, 2008 | Also posted in International, Stats | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

Seattle never ceases to amaze. The Seattle Food Recovery Initiative is doing wonderful things, including this Hunger Map that encourages and facilitates food donations. The map has helped restaurants like the Capitol Grille do their part. — — Here’s an insightful Hartford Courant editorial, which, I couldn’t help but notice, notes that my alma mater, Wesleyan University, […]

June 6, 2008 | Also posted in College, Energy, Food Recovery, Friday Buffet, International | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

While the prices of many foods are rising, you can’t say that about some edibles. This graphic shows some traditional barbecue items have decreased in the last ten years (after adjusting for inflation). — — Here’s a neat web segment (and accompanying blog post) in which a restaurant owner explains why she composts. Oh Portland, […]

May 30, 2008 | Also posted in Energy, Events, Friday Buffet, International | Comments closed

Boing Boing Responses

Yesterday’s Times article has prompted some spirited discussion in this Boing Boing forum, which is wonderful. And healthy. I contemplated commenting in that forum, but had waaay too much to say. Instead, I’ve compiled some of my reactions to the comments here, with reference to the order of their appearance in the thread: (19) People […]

May 19, 2008 | Also posted in Farm, Food Recovery, General, Supermarket, Technology, Waste Stream | Comments closed

Vermiculture Club

Vermicomposters, put yourself on the map–literally! Oakland’s Steven Chow recently found out about vermiculture, or composting with worms, and set up a worm bin at his home. Steven launched the site to see who else was worm binning. Based on the site, plenty of people–156 as of this posting. The site also features a forum […]

May 15, 2008 | Also posted in Waste Stream | Comments closed

Friday Buffet

Mandatory food waste recycling in San Francisco? It has been voluntary for a few years (using green bins like this minature on the right), but if Mayor Gavin Newsom’s plan is accepted, separation of household food scraps will be required. Seattle has already committed to that course of action by 2009. — — Here are […]

May 9, 2008 | Also posted in Friday Buffet, Household, International | Comments closed

Capitol Composting

Good news, America: Your congressmen are composting. Well, at least the ones dining at the mundane Capitol dining facilities. The Longworth Cafeteria and other federal feed halls have had a composting program since the fall. This composting is part of the Green the Capitol initiative, which is halving the amount of waste the House sends […]

April 23, 2008 | Posted in Composting | Comments closed

April 22 means…

It’s Earth Day–stop reading this and go outside! — Welcome back. Or perhaps you never left…Anyway, for your persistence, here are some tips to help you help our planet by cutting food waste: You can ‘green your refrigerator,’ making it more energy efficient and reducing food waste. You can feed your family for less. You […]

April 22, 2008 | Also posted in Events, Household | Comments closed