Happy St. Patrick's Day ... here's today's challenge:
Reuse and recycle waste, and compost food waste to reduce the rubbish destined for landfill sites. If you don't have one, consider buying or making a composter. The average US household produces about 4.5 pounds of solid waste per day. Landfill sites are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, with every pound of solid waste generating 2 pounds of greenhouse gases. Composting is methane-free and does not produce carbon. For information about composting and buying composters, see http://www.composting101.com/.
Until tomorrow ...
WE'RE CHANGING THE WORLD ... ONE CHALLENGE AT A TIME!
The one bonus about having a tenant? More compost created! (she's a vegetarian and good about using the 'compost bowl' I have out on the kitchen counter for our scraps - which people should know does NOT smell or attract bugs - only time it ever attracts bugs is in the summer with fruit flies, but we're more veggie than fruit waste here since there are no fruits in season and I'm eating my canned peaches and pears that create no waste). I don't do a worm bin as my existing Earth Machine ($35-40, y'all) attracts plenty of 'em without spending all that money and time :)
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This got me thinking - ok, I compost, but I see many of my neighbors set out their yard waste to be collected, which means that they don't compost. All those lovely grass trimmings going to waste.
ReplyDeleteWhy doesn't out Block Watch get together and set up a Compost Watch to save money AND our earth?
I thought this would be a great post to shed some light on the innovations that are happening at many landfills across the nation. Many landfills are placing yard debris (leaves, grass, limbs, etc) in a different location away from the trash. Once it is collected they send the wood through a chipper and make mulch that they give away for free. The grass and leaves are allowed to break down naturally in an area and that compost is often used to plant trees, bushes and grass around areas of the landfill such as the admin office. The biggest innovation happening is the use of the methane gas. Your figures are correct and to avoid that gas from being released into the environment landfills are either burning it off which doesn't impact the air or they are generating power from it to heat the buildings at the landfill. It is still good to recycle and compost but it is equally good to be knowledgeable about what is happening at your local landfill.
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