http://peninsulapress.com/2012/01/18/not-all-food-waste-can-go-to-the-compost-pile-whats-the-greenest-alternative/ News and Views from Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:15:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://peninsulapress.com/2012/01/18/not-all-food-waste-can-go-to-the-compost-pile-whats-the-greenest-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-6585 WilliamB Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:21:35 +0000 http://peninsulapress.com/?p=16510#comment-6585 Kitchen disposals only waste water if you run water specially to run the disposal. If you’d run the water anyway, the water is not waste. I run my disposal when I’m waiting for hot running water.

]]> http://peninsulapress.com/2012/01/18/not-all-food-waste-can-go-to-the-compost-pile-whats-the-greenest-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-6571 Monday Leftovers Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:56:38 +0000 http://peninsulapress.com/?p=16510#comment-6571 [...] trash or disposal? Easy decision, right? Not so much, as we learn in this helpful flow chart. This entry was posted in Composting, Environment, Food Safety, Stats, Waste Stream. Bookmark the [...]

]]> http://peninsulapress.com/2012/01/18/not-all-food-waste-can-go-to-the-compost-pile-whats-the-greenest-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-6507 Eric Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:32:26 +0000 http://peninsulapress.com/?p=16510#comment-6507 We’ve been keeping a compost bin for several years and find it dramatically reduces the volume–and smell–of our regular trash. We collect scraps in a bucket beneath the sink and walk it out every few days to a 3x3x3-foot bin of two-by-fours and chicken wire. A shot of dirt and a quick turn every now and then and it just cooks right along. It has a nice worm colony, as well. It also helps now and then to discretely add a little human-generated waste water. A little nitrogen goes a long way.

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