$tarbuck$ gives away their used coffee grounds in big bags, my wife
would drag those home now and again to throw in the composter and to
spread right on the plants dirt, I think it had some sort of repellent
qualities (for bugs). You could probably fill up your car with that
stuff with a couple of stops.
--R
andrew strasfogel wrote:
Very good input - thanks!
I don't see the solution as massive centralized composting facilities but in
developing a cadre of back yard gardneners on how to recycle their organic
yard and kitchen waste. Or maybe get the schools involved?
My local D.C. Whole Foods has its own liquid composter just outside the
store to handle cabbage leaves and other trimmings from the produce
department. WF sells the fiished compost for a good price.
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Doubt its going to happen. I compost all or nearly all our food waste and
realize that many (most?) people would freak at the idea. People get really
freaked out by the idea of today's rotting food being tomorrow's high grade
compost.
So I presume you could get all your raw materials for free but there are
significant questions about the safety of composting meat and dairy. I'm hip
to it but my compost rests around a year before being used. The important
thing is to keep it hot and kill any potential pathogens. I think the
problem as a business is going to be the amount that would need to move, the
amount space you'd need to do it and the time. Good compost can be made
quickly (3-5 months) but it becomes more labor intensive...
So you tell restaurants "okay I'll save you refuse haulage costs" ie
they'll keep food out of their waste stream and thus limit the amount of
refuse that they need to pay to get rid of. The problem is they need to
separate... So you tell them you'll take paper too (you'll need the paper to
make good compost) but they have to measure they amount of effort the
separation takes vs the amount they save...
I dunno, seems unlikely to me, if garbage costs escallated though...
-Curt
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 10:37:45 -0500
From: "andrew strasfogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT business idea - was Biodiesel *processor* for
under $3k
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I am still waiting for input regarding a good business model for creating a
100 percent safe and effective municipal composting program solely for the
region's restaurants and coffee shops. How this veered off into a
political
discussion is beyond me.
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