gabriel says:

Green Home has a great guide on composting with solutions to fit your home and lifestyle at http://www.greenhome.com/services/earthday/composting.html.  Its so easy to do!

posted 06/16/09 at 05:51 PM

alorenk says:

Thanks for the numbers info; I'm moving it into body of solution. Also the thought re interim use of yard waste bin for kitchen scraps.

I still don't have a good compost bin going, have been layering kitchen scraps under grass clippings/leaves over where I want new garden beds next spring. Soon I will have to build one...loved the worm bin as final processing tip.

Miss having chickens to eat and scratch and fertilize my scraps (I'm in town now!), never built a compost pile in the country because I had chickens. I checked town ordinances and if my lot was a little bigger i could have some...I was thinking a few banty hens and no rooster would avoid disturbing my neighbors. May be an option for you...movable fenced "runs" let the chickens scratch up weeds, insects, grass wherever you want them too while protecting them from cats and keeping them in your own yard.

posted 12/31/08 at 03:13 PM

thecitizen says:

Terracycle, one of the best green companies period, is selling a composter and they have an unbelievable amount of info here:

http://terracycle.net/composter.htm 

posted 02/29/08 at 04:57 PM

greenprofit says:

As an interim step, we save kitchen scraps in a big jar and throw them into the green bin.  Next step, composting!

posted 02/26/08 at 08:47 PM

thecitizen says:

Oh and if you have your own garden, composting creates your own highly fertilized soil, causing you to save on buying the stuff at Home Depot.  This is a huge savings for many people who grow their own plants, fruits and vegetables.  The result is more money in your pocket, less soil taken from the earth, better quality free soil.  

posted 02/03/08 at 08:06 PM

thecitizen says:

The entire guide to how we can compost can be found here: http://www.compostguide.com/

 There are many ways we can do this and the benefit is reducing huge amounts of waste from our landfills.   

Every year, each American throws out about 1,200 pounds of organic garbage that can be composted.   If 1 million Americans had a home compost we could save 1.2 Billion pounds of waste ending up in the landfills that are already near capacity.

http://www.recycling-revolution.com/recycling-facts.html

posted 02/03/08 at 08:03 PM