I'm sure there's a way to make money out of pretty much anything. Our local Zoo would collect the droppings from the larger animals, elephants etc and sell it as "Zoo Poo". lol. No kidding, the stuff was about $3.00 for a 5lb bag!!
If you have access to coffee grinds from all your local Starbucks, maybe rather than just composting, you can turn it into an end product, and attach a price to it for your effort. Maybe a natural weekly drain "maintainer". Leave a nice coffee smell too. lol I'm up in Toronto, where they arel trying to soon ban plastic coffee lids on paper coffee cups. Plastic shopping bags are on the hit list too and will probably soon be gone, or you'll have to pay for them. The local wine shop (it's all controlled via the gov) banned plastic bags about a year ago, so we're back to paper ones, and boxes. Probably won't have any trees left in a few years with the demand for paper now! lol Ed 300E 2008/12/1 andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > By using the term "business model" I am not suggesting that a profit can be > turned on the composting of garbage! > > BTW, where is this enlightened burg that you call home? Maybe I should > move > there! > > > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:01 PM, E M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm jumping in late here, so not sure what's been talked about. We have > > green boxes here. Well, we have every known colour of box set out on the > > kirbside. lol. Green is for compost. Lot of ppl here with gardens, will > > still throw the easy compost stuff in their own composter. We have to > > mulch > > our grass too, no collecion of that. As for leaf collecion, that is all > > composted on a big scale, as is stuff from the collecion of green boxes, > > which will contain veg matter, and also paper with oil, such as pizza > trays > > etc. > > > > As for you trying to get something going from restaurants, maybe try to > > sign > > up the easy places first, coffee shops, as you've done, and vegitarian > > places, so you don't have to worry so much about seperating out old meat > > products. > > > > Here, the city offers back for free (well, we pay for it with taxes, > > nothing > > the government offers is free!) all the stuff it composted, just bring > your > > own bags. Landscapers not included. > > > > Not sure from a business perspective how it would work. Do you plan to > > sell > > the end product? Maybe give the restaurants a cut of the profit? Maybe > > like used cooking oil, not just take it for free, but pay them. Again, > > composting is done on a big scale here, so not sure how scaleable it is. > > Easy to do in your back garden, and easy when the city does it and forces > > everyone to play by rules, AND, they have the taxpayers dollars to cover > > the > > start up cost, which are substantial at first. > > > > Anyway, I love that American spirit of coming up with new ideas, and > > turning > > them into successful money making ventures. > > > > Best of luck, > > > > Ed > > 300E > > > > 2008/12/1 andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > I think the two of you need a time out. > > > > > > Besides, my compost bins generate "good" CO2. > > > > > > ALS > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > because composting releases CO2, and according to Albore, the > almighty > > > > expert on everything, releasing CO2 kills the planet. Someone on the > > > list > > > > merely pointed out the hypocrisy. It is not political, other than > > albore > > > > belongs to a political party. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 09:37 AM 12/1/2008, you wrote: > > > > > > > >> 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. > > > >> > > > >> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:27 AM, John Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > You on banned lite yet? > > > >> > > > > >> > Rich Thomas wrote: > > > >> > .... > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > _______________________________________ > > > >> > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > >> > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > > >> > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > >> > > > > >> > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > >> > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > >> > > > > >> _______________________________________ > > > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > > > >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > >> > > > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > >> > > > > > > > > Loren Faeth > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
