Composting Reduces Trash in the Landfills

User: nfpco@charter.net

Vendor: Drive Green - Green Energy Consumers Alliance

Action: 2577 - Make Magic: Compost

We started composting in earnest when we started having to buy the green trash bags for the town transfer station. It's been kind of a game to see how much we can compost rather than throw away. We keep a small bucket from Oxo on the kitchen counter for plant food scraps, as well as egg shells, coffee grounds, used coffee filters, tea bags and used paper napkins. We added the paper scraps when we realized our compost pile would work better with some "brown" materials. We fill the bucket daily - and because we are lazy and it was a pain to take the bucket out to the compost pile every day - we keep a 5-gallon bucket in the garage to empty it into. To this bucket we add plain egg cartons and toilet paper rolls, torn into pieces. Every week or so we empty the big bucket into the compost pile and mix it in with a pitchfork.  We also add grass clippings and other plant materials to this pile. Our weekly trip to the transfer station includes just one small green bag - everything else is composted or recycled.