Re: [Coworking] Anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen?
I was worried about that too, any product I can't find a price list for is probably...well, you know what they say about if you have to ask. Still, I expect you can probably find some on auction sites and such indeed. Thanks for the update, little obsessive problem I have. Loose ends nag at me. :-) On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 3:51:43 PM UTC+2, Alex Hillman wrote: The best option I found was a company that leases commercial trash compactors like the ones you see in malls airports. The really nice ones are quite nice - they even have sensors to adjust their compacting schedules based on usage and to alert via SMS or email that they need to be emptied soon! But...they're pretty pricey, at a couple hundred bucks per month just to lease, which adds up fast over time. I've got a few alerts on eBay and such set up for similar models to see if we can get one for a reasonable amount of cash upfront. At least that's the plan for now :) -Alex On Thursday, May 14, 2015, Jeannine flexkanto...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Dying of curiosity how this came out. :-) Updates? On Monday, February 23, 2015 at 8:52:22 PM UTC+1, Alex Hillman wrote: We've been looking for ways to improve the trash situation that's generated at Indy Hall - general waste is exacerbated by an active kitchen and lots of food events. Great for the community, but the new challenge is getting rid of the trash :) Does anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen/space? Pros/cons? Make/model that works well for you? Recommendations welcome :) -Alex -- *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://coworkingweekly.com/show -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] Anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen?
The best option I found was a company that leases commercial trash compactors like the ones you see in malls airports. The really nice ones are quite nice - they even have sensors to adjust their compacting schedules based on usage and to alert via SMS or email that they need to be emptied soon! But...they're pretty pricey, at a couple hundred bucks per month just to lease, which adds up fast over time. I've got a few alerts on eBay and such set up for similar models to see if we can get one for a reasonable amount of cash upfront. At least that's the plan for now :) -Alex On Thursday, May 14, 2015, Jeannine flexkantoorkame...@gmail.com wrote: Dying of curiosity how this came out. :-) Updates? On Monday, February 23, 2015 at 8:52:22 PM UTC+1, Alex Hillman wrote: We've been looking for ways to improve the trash situation that's generated at Indy Hall - general waste is exacerbated by an active kitchen and lots of food events. Great for the community, but the new challenge is getting rid of the trash :) Does anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen/space? Pros/cons? Make/model that works well for you? Recommendations welcome :) -Alex -- *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://coworkingweekly.com/show -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com'); . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] Anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen?
Hi Alex, Knowing you, I'm sure you've explored this option, but have you looked at reducing the source of the trash? You mentioned a lot of food-related events as contributing to the situation. Any possibility of using plates/cups you can run through a dishwasher instead of using disposables? Granted, if you have 100+ attendees, it may not be feasible to have that many conventional plates on hand, let alone running 3-4 dishwasher loads to get them all clean. We picked up used Corelle plates at Goodwill; light, nonbreakable, consistent sizes. I'm always amazed at the amount of food-related trash generated by an all-day 12 person meeting. Places like Panera that provide catering via individually boxed lunches and include cups, plates and plasticware, then the organizers that bring a case of bottled water on top of this. We've had a few events where it finally registered with the organizers that we'll provide cups, plates, silverware and filtered water as well as coffee tea and it really cut down on the trash. --- Glen Ferguson Cowork Frederick 122 E Patrick St Frederick, MD 21701-5630 +1 (301) 732-5165 www.coworkfrederick.com @CoworkFrederick http://twitter.com/CoworkFrederick On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: Oh yeah we already have a composting service! They haul away a few buckets per week but we’re dealing with a LOT more non compostable trash than that :) -- *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com On Feb 23, 2015, 7:03:50 PM, Joel Bennett joelb.a...@gmail.com wrote: -- No trash compactor, but we did implement some composting measures for food waste coffee grounds. Can be pretty simple and effective when coupled with solid recycling program, but we have the luxury of being in a small town with a compost pile (and vermicomposting capabilities) a few minutes away. May not be as feasible in urban Philly. Joel On Feb 23, 2015 1:52 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: We've been looking for ways to improve the trash situation that's generated at Indy Hall - general waste is exacerbated by an active kitchen and lots of food events. Great for the community, but the new challenge is getting rid of the trash :) Does anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen/space? Pros/cons? Make/model that works well for you? Recommendations welcome :) -Alex -- *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://coworkingweekly.com/show -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] Anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen?
We don’t really host outside events, Chad. This is just stuff coming from members. -- The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com On Feb 24, 2015, 10:19:10 AM, Chad Ballantyne c...@thecreativespace.ca wrote: We don’t do this, but some venues ask that you take your trash with you. They provide the containers and good bags but any food or garbage waste leaves when they do. Chad Ballantyne 705.812.0689 c...@thecreativespace.ca(mailto:c...@thecreativespace.ca) Barrie's Coworking Community Perfect for small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs. 12 Dunlop St E, Barrie Ontario, L4M 1A3 Memberships start at $25/mth www.thecreativespace.ca(http://www.thecreativespace.ca/) 705-812-0689(tel:705-812-0689) On Feb 24, 2015, at 10:14 AM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com(mailto:dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com) wrote: Yeah, all good options. We already use a fully-stocked kitchen of real dishes and glassware, and already have a dishwasher that runs…I don’t even know how many times a day :) And we don’t host a lot of outside meetings. We’ve done quite a bit to reduce trash and improve our recycling in general. Dumpster service isn’t a very good option for us (mostly an issue with building configuration vs. the service itself). I’m still very open to other options, but it wasn’t until I started pursuing compactors how little information I could find! -Alex -- The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com On Feb 24, 2015, 10:03:15 AM, Glen Ferguson g...@coworkfrederick.com(mailto:g...@coworkfrederick.com) wrote: Hi Alex, Knowing you, I'm sure you've explored this option, but have you looked at reducing the source of the trash? You mentioned a lot of food-related events as contributing to the situation. Any possibility of using plates/cups you can run through a dishwasher instead of using disposables? Granted, if you have 100+ attendees, it may not be feasible to have that many conventional plates on hand, let alone running 3-4 dishwasher loads to get them all clean. We picked up used Corelle plates at Goodwill; light, nonbreakable, consistent sizes. I'm always amazed at the amount of food-related trash generated by an all-day 12 person meeting. Places like Panera that provide catering via individually boxed lunches and include cups, plates and plasticware, then the organizers that bring a case of bottled water on top of this. We've had a few events where it finally registered with the organizers that we'll provide cups, plates, silverware and filtered water as well as coffee tea and it really cut down on the trash. --- Glen Ferguson Cowork Frederick 122 E Patrick St Frederick, MD 21701-5630 +1 (301) 732-5165 www.coworkfrederick.com(http://www.coworkfrederick.com/) @CoworkFrederick(http://twitter.com/CoworkFrederick) On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com(mailto:dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com) wrote: Oh yeah we already have a composting service! They haul away a few buckets per week but we’re dealing with a LOT more non compostable trash than that :) -- The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com(http://coworkingweekly.com/) Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com(http://listen.coworkingweekly.com/) On Feb 23, 2015, 7:03:50 PM, Joel Bennett joelb.a...@gmail.com(mailto:joelb.a...@gmail.com) wrote: No trash compactor, but we did implement some composting measures for food waste coffee grounds. Can be pretty simple and effective when coupled with solid recycling program, but we have the luxury of being in a small town with a compost pile (and vermicomposting capabilities) a few minutes away. May not be as feasible in urban Philly. Joel On Feb 23, 2015 1:52 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com(mailto:dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com) wrote: We've been looking for ways to improve the trash situation that's generated at Indy Hall - general waste is exacerbated by an active kitchen and lots of food events. Great for the community, but the new challenge is getting rid of the trash :) Does anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen/space? Pros/cons? Make/model that works well for you? Recommendations welcome :) -Alex -- The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com(http://coworkingweekly.com/) Listen to the podcast:
[Coworking] Anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen?
We've been looking for ways to improve the trash situation that's generated at Indy Hall - general waste is exacerbated by an active kitchen and lots of food events. Great for the community, but the new challenge is getting rid of the trash :) Does anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen/space? Pros/cons? Make/model that works well for you? Recommendations welcome :) -Alex -- *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://coworkingweekly.com/show -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] Anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen?
Oh yeah we already have a composting service! They haul away a few buckets per week but we’re dealing with a LOT more non compostable trash than that :) -- The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com On Feb 23, 2015, 7:03:50 PM, Joel Bennett joelb.a...@gmail.com wrote: No trash compactor, but we did implement some composting measures for food waste coffee grounds. Can be pretty simple and effective when coupled with solid recycling program, but we have the luxury of being in a small town with a compost pile (and vermicomposting capabilities) a few minutes away. May not be as feasible in urban Philly. Joel On Feb 23, 2015 1:52 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com(mailto:dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com) wrote: We've been looking for ways to improve the trash situation that's generated at Indy Hall - general waste is exacerbated by an active kitchen and lots of food events. Great for the community, but the new challenge is getting rid of the trash :) Does anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen/space? Pros/cons? Make/model that works well for you? Recommendations welcome :) -Alex -- The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://coworkingweekly.com/show -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com(mailto:coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com(mailto:coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] Anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen?
No trash compactor, but we did implement some composting measures for food waste coffee grounds. Can be pretty simple and effective when coupled with solid recycling program, but we have the luxury of being in a small town with a compost pile (and vermicomposting capabilities) a few minutes away. May not be as feasible in urban Philly. Joel On Feb 23, 2015 1:52 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: We've been looking for ways to improve the trash situation that's generated at Indy Hall - general waste is exacerbated by an active kitchen and lots of food events. Great for the community, but the new challenge is getting rid of the trash :) Does anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen/space? Pros/cons? Make/model that works well for you? Recommendations welcome :) -Alex -- *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://coworkingweekly.com/show -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
