green movements

[meganursula]

Seattle is moving towards a waste free society.

Seriously, its an initiative. Recycling is availabe for most recyclable products, and yard waste bins are available not only for yard waste, but also for kitchen scraps and food soiled bio-degradeables.

I think this is a great idea, and i have been trying to be conscientious about recycling what can be. Josh doesn't seem to be so enthusiastic, and is drawn to the waste basket for most things. And i must admit my own laziness on occasion.

One thing that seems to stand in our way is that the compost bin and recycling bin reside in our driveway, outside, and on the other side of a fence. Technically we have a recycling bin on our back porch, but its awkward, gets filled up, and not emptied. Food is the worst - since its not nice to stand in the driveway while peeling carrots, perfectly good food scraps get put in our trash. Stupid, i know, but i'm a big believer in making things as convenient as possible, because that is how you make them a part of your daily life going forward.

In that vein, which do you like better:
http://www.mastergardening.com/too-1006.html
or
http://www.gardeners.com/Country-Compost-Crock/default/StandardCatalog.20707.36-480.cpd?SC=XNET8035

Have any other comments for me to fascilitate kitchen composting?

I still need to work out a better recycling situation. My ideal world would have us having four bins in our kitchen - garbage, recycling, glass, and compost. But we don't have that kind of space. I may get away with the compost bin on the counter, but not a recycling bag, and our new cabinets certainly won't accomodate both a recycling bin and a garbage bin.

Comments

[safetybitch.livejournal.com]

Actually, do you even have room for a kitchen garbage with the new dishwasher? I never did look at the layout you came up with...

The plastic bucket has the advantage of price, the ceramic one is prettier and has odor filters, which might be a good thing... though if you only let the compost build up for a day, it shouldn't matter. Fortunately, they are both green. :)

What about putting new bins just inside the garage door? Yes, you still have to walk outside, but then you'd just have to open the door and drop things off, instead of around the gate.

*grin* for that matter, what about only having the recycling container inside, and having to make the special trips out for the garbage?

I've finally convinced Fred to stop using paper plates, at least for the summer... he keeps saying that running the dishwasher is more wasteful, but the amount of garbage we have going out each week has dropped drastically.

[mh75.livejournal.com]

We moved the dog toys to a better spot (next to his crate), and we'll still have room for the trash can under the sink, but, because of the garbage disposal, there is really only room for one trash can. (For a while we had a brown grocery bag under there, but, i can't get Josh on board with that, and it was crowded anyway.) Thus, the compost issue.

I like the ceramic thing, and i can leave it on the counter. I don't really mind emptying something like that often (i take out recycling almost every day after the mail comes anyway), but it would be nice to have a place to put things until i'm ready to go out. Otherwise it gets thrown out.

Of course, nothing can be left at dog/baby eating level unless there is a closeable door in front of it.

When we re-do our kitchen i plan on making a pantry, that will have room for all the appropriate bins, in a convenient useful location. It really seems like we should be able to have enough room given the square footage of our kitchen, if we can figure out good organization.