The holidays have come and gone and I have been doing some reading, researching, experimenting, and received some new gadgets that I am excited about. First and foremost being the worm compost (in terms of juicy info for this blog.) I didn't like throwing away all those carrot shaving, rotten cheese, avocado pits, etc. etc., and now they have some place to go other then the garbage. Among those items, you can also shred up newspaper, egg cartons, kleenex, and the list just goes on and on. As of right now it has been assembled, but no bedding or food or worms have been added, so as the process goes along I will update for those of you who are interested. This is what it looks like.
With my worm compost I was also given an "instructional" book to go along with it and I found some interesting information that was just about recycling in general. Our current industrial society, overall, treats waste as it is something to be thrown away, to get rid of, or to simply dispose of. This is where we need to change our thinking about the way we consider waste to simply be waste. It needs to be something that can be used as a resource, and/or if there is some other purpose that is can be used, try to get it to that person or place to be put to good use. The capital of Australia, Canberra, is the world's first communities to establish the goal, 'No waste by 2010." They worked their butts off to try to get there, and are still working at it today quite successfully. Worm bins, or composts could contribute significantly to reducing the amount of waste that goes and sits in a landfills. When food and paper products cannot be composted then we go to recycling. Some argue that this is then taking resources to actually do the physical recycling (energy, water), but the cost to build a recycling processing facility is much less then the capital investment required for an incinerator or landfill. Also, it takes about 6% of the energy to recycle an aluminum pop can then to produce an entire new one.
A few recycling side notes- **When you are recycling glass jars with labels, you do not need to remove them because the paper burns away when the glass is re-melted. Also, for plastic containers should be rinsed and lids removed. Lids are made from a different type of plastic, and contaminate the lot when present. You can check the lids and see if they have a triangle on it to be recycled, but otherwise just discard. Metal lids can cause the recycling equipment to jam because of it size, but most plants/programs will accept them.
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